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Micro-Trains - N Scale - PS2 High Side 3-Bay Covered Hopper - Chicago & North Western - 4 Pack - (Green/ Yellow Lettering/ Light Weathering)(PWRS Exclusive) (SKU 489-09690007)

Available On: October 1, 2019

 

CNW 3 Bay 4427 Green

CNW 3 Bay 4427 Green 170912

CNW 3 Bay 4427 Green 170822

CNW 3 Bay 4427 Green 170739

CNW 3 Bay 4427 Green 170565

 

 

 

Built in response to the success of the Low Side 4427 PS-2CD, the distinctive High Side Hopper made it’s appearance in late 1966. Built specifically with the Wheat and Corn market in mind, the High Side out sold the previous model reaching sales in excess of 13,000 units and could be found all over North America. This Pacific Western Rail Systems exclusive Chicago & North Western 4-Pack features a green car with black lettering, and the familiar "ball and bar" logo with the "Chicago & North Western System".


These PS2 High Side 3-Bay Covered Grain Hoppers will be sold in a single 4-Pack.

  

 

Details:

  • Green Paint Scheme with the "Chicago & North Western System" logo
  • Black couplers and wheels
  • With no yellow reflective tape
  • Road Numbers 170565, 170739, 170822 and 170912.

Features:

  • Detailed underside
  • Detailed sides and ends
  • Photo-etched roof walk
  • Cars are available ready to run
  • Equipped with body mount Micro-Trains couplers
  • Lightly Weathered

The Official Micro Trains SKU numbers for the individual cars in the set are (for purposes of collectors)

096 90 066 – 4pk  NSE MTL16-69A 

  • 096 91 007 – CNW 170565  NSE MTL16-68X
  • 096 92 007 CNW 170739  NSE MTL16-69X
  • 096 93 007 CNW 170822  NSE MTL16-67X
  • 096 94 007 CNW 170912  NSE MTL16-66X

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s. Until 1972, when the company was sold to its employees, it was named the Chicago and North Western Railway. The C&NW became one of the longest railroads in the US as a result of mergers with other railroads, such as the Chicago Great Western Railway, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and others. After abandoning a plan to merge with the Milwaukee Road in 1970, Benjamin W. Heineman, who had headed the CNW and parent Northwest Industries since 1956, arranged the sale of the railroad to its employees in 1972. The words "Employee Owned" were part of the company logo in the ensuing period.

 After the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) stopped operating on March 31, 1980, the North Western won a bidding war with the Soo Line Railroad for purchase of the roughly 600-mile (970 km) "Spine Line" from the Twin Cities to Kansas City, Missouri, via Des Moines, Iowa. The North Western's bid of $93 million was approved on June 20, 1983, by the ICC. The line was well-engineered, but because of deferred maintenance on the part of the bankrupt Rock Island, a major rehabilitation was undertaken in 1984. The North Western then began to abandon the Oelwein to Kansas City section of its former Chicago Great Western trackage, which duplicated Spine Line service.

 By 1995, track sales and abandonment had reduced the total mileage back to about 5,000. The majority of the abandoned and sold lines were lightly trafficked branches in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Large line sales, such as those that resulted in the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad further helped reduce the railroad to a mainline core with several regional feeders and branches. The company was purchased by Union Pacific Railroad in April 1995 and ceased to exist.

 In 1891, the CNW adopted the famous "ball and bar" logo which survived a few modifications throughout its 104-year existence. This included the changing of text:

  • The North Western Line (1891-1902)
  • Chicago & North Western Line (1902-1944)
  • Chicago & North Western System (1944-1957)
  • Chicago & North Western Railway (1957-1971)
  • North Western: Employee Owned (1971-1982)
  • Chicago & North Western System (1982-1995) 

Leighton Haeseler - photo 

Reservations Due By: March 30, 2019

Expected Release: October 2019







$174.95 US