50 foot standard box car, 10' Single Door, w/o roofwalk, short ladders Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Micro-Trains doesn't do it often but every once in a while the Oregon-based company announces plans to issue NEW toolings / body styles. On June 30, 2017, as part of its July 2017 New Products Announcements, Micro-Trains announced it will release 3 new body styles: a 50 foot standard box car with three different door treatments. Each new release will be available in one road name with one road number. These models are based on Pullman-Standard prototypes built in the 1950s and 1960s. 50 foot standard box car, 8' Plug Door, w/o roofwalk, short ladders Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 50 foot standard box car, 10' Single Door, w/o roofwalk, short ladders Gulf, Mobile & Ohio ($25.90) 50 foot standard box car, 8' Plug Door, w/o roofwalk, short ladders, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ($23.70) 50 foot standard box car, 8' Double Sliding Doors, w/o roofwalk, short ladders, Denver & Rio Grande Western ($29.60). 50 foot standard box car, 8' Double Sliding Doors, w/o roofwalk, short ladders Denver & Rio Grande Western All three new body styles will include new etched metal brake platforms. Per usual, we can expect Micro-Trains to ship these items mid-month July 2017. Here is a link to the Micro-Trains website.
While they are new body styles, I believe you are incorrect to call them new tooling. These are modified from existing tooling and keep the existing errors. Jason
