Photo Courtesy of Ian Grey

Dear N Scale Customers:

As many of you are aware last year we announced a special run car with Fox Valley Models, called the Pan Am "Rio" car. Only 47 copies of the car were made. At this time we have decided with Fox Valley to announce our second special Fox Valley Club Lounge Car.

Many of you are aware we activated our "PORTERS Lounge" a few months ago, and promised we would be adding exclusive products in the future. Well we have just posted a copy of an image of the "Free Hilo" boxcar. You will see it above.  

Customers will need to redeem 1290 PORTERS points and 1290 Fox Valley Manufacturers Points to receive the Railbox "Free Hilo" car. We created the second hurdle (Fox Valley Manufacturers Points) that need to redeemed along with their PORTERS Points, so we could insure Fox Valley the customers receiving the Pan Am "Rio" car had done so by supporting Fox Valley and purchasing their product.

By moving all activity to the PORTERS points reward system, it will enable customers to use other Fox Valley products such as wheel sets and Engines to qualify for the special cars.

We can tell you only 50 cars are being built and Fox Valley has agreed never to re-run the road number or unique graphics on the car.


Just like the Special Run Pan Am "Rio" Boxcar, the Railbox "Free Hilo" is not available to buy, it is earned. Customers will receive special "Fox Valley Manufacturer Points" when purchasing Fox Valley Products from Pacific Western Rail. Call Pacific Western Rail to ask for details.

If you wish to reserve one of the Railbox "Free Hilo" cars, you can do so by going to your home page on your PORTERS account. Then go to the right hand side of the page and go to the "Club Lounge" and click on the "Visit the Club Lounge" to see the unique cars.

If you don't have a PORTERS account, you can apply. It easy to use and their is no cost to join and no minimum to purchase. The PORTERS system is great tool to help you manage and control your train purchases.

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