This product is previously owned. The Train Exchange has done a thorough inspection and test to make sure that it functions and looks as it should. If you have any questions regarding this item, please email sales@thetrainexchange.ca.
MT-Canada Micro Trains N Canadian Series 14 Box Car Set
Set Includes
- 077 00 161 Nunavut Territory Car Road # NU 1999
- 077 00 162 Northwest Territories Car Road# NT 1870
- 077 00 157 Yukon Territory Car Road Road # YT 1898
- 077 00 151 British Columbia Provincial Car Road BC 1871
- 077 00 155 Alberta Provincial Car Road # AB 1905
- 077 00 153 Saskatchewan Provincial Car Road # SK 1905
- 077 00 160 Manitoba Provincial Car Road # MB 1870
- 077 00 156 Ontario Provincial Car Road # ON 1867
- 077 00 152 Quebec Provincial Car Road # QC 1867
- 077 00 158 New Brunswick Provincial Car Road # NB 1867
- 077 00 163 Newfoundland & Labrador Car Road # NL 1949
- 077 00 154 Nova Scotia Provincial Car Road # NS 1867
- 077 00 159 Prince Edward Island Provincial Car Road # PE 1873
- 100 00 160 Canadian Series Caboose Road # CAN 13
987 02 561 Canadian Series Locomotive
Model Information:
Prior to 2002 Micro-Trains often released engines made by other manufacturers which they repainted. This model represented a departure from that approach in that MTL contracted Affa Model Train Factory in China to produce the mechanism which MTL then brings back to the United States where they add a US-made and decorated shell. Affa closed in 2018 and Micro-Trains is currently (late Summer 2018) looking for a new manufacturer to produce the mechanisms. However, the tooling for this mechanism may be difficult for MTL to acquire from Affa as is often the case in these situations.
MTL's efforts were hugely successful and their FT release is every bit as good as the Atlas, Kato and Athearn products. It is a "modern" engine with a split-frame, blackened metal wheels, dual flywheels and (of course) Magnematic couplers. They can pull 40 or more cars and they run smoothly and quietly. They really excel at slow speeds in "creep mode".
Prototype History:
The EMD FT was a 1,350-horsepower (1,010 kW) diesel-electric locomotive produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. The "F" stood for 1400 horsepower (rounded from 1350) and the "T" for twin, as it came standard in a two-unit set. The design was developed from the TA model built for the C,RI&P in 1937, and was similar in cylinder count, axle count, length and layout. All told 555 cab-equipped A units were built, along with 541 cabless booster B units, for a grand total of 1,096 units. The locomotives were all sold to customers in the United States. It was the first model in EMD's very successful F-unit series of cab unit freight diesels, and was the locomotive that convinced many U.S. railroads that the diesel-electric freight locomotive was the future. Many rail historians consider the FT one of the most important locomotive models of all time.The first units produced for a customer were built in December 1940 and January 1941 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and numbered the 100 set. These were the first diesel-electric locomotives ever produced with dynamic braking, a system developed at the insistence of the railroad and with its assistance. Initially the four-unit, coupler-equipped set featured two booster units between two cab units in the manner of the demonstrator set. The Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, however, insisted that the two cabs required two crews, so the railway had EMD produce extra boosters, and renumbered its earliest sets into four unit sets with one cab unit and three boosters. Negotiation with the unions soon rectified the situation, but as the road's earliest units were geared for higher speeds than subsequent units, these sets continued to be composed of one FTA cab unit and three FTB boosters. This is why the road had ten more FTB booster units than FTA cab units.
987 02 561 Canadian Series Locomotive
FT Powered B-Unit Locomotive
Microtrains is prouf to release the Canadian FT B unit locomotive designed to run with your Canadian Province & Territory Series Collection. Painted red with white stripe, red maple leaf and green From Sea to Sea and D'un océan à l'autre mottos, this will display nicely with your set, or haul Canadian car consist.
Featuring Prototypical Details
All Micro Traims N Scale locomotives come standard with the delayed action Magne-Matic coupler - the finest coupler in model railroading. It is the "Standard by Choice" of model railroaders worldwide.
