Micro-Trains N scale Pullman-Standard 10-1-2 sleeper car

A heavyweight sleeping car with a detailed interior is the latest ready-to-run N scale passenger car built by Micro-Trains Line Co. The model is based on a Pullman-Standard 10-section, 1-drawing room, 2-compartment steel sleeper built to Pullman plan 2585D. Pullman first built cars to the 2585-series plans in 1911. The Micro-Trains model matches a drawing of a Pullman plan 2585D in the August 1985 issue of Mainline Modeler.

The plastic model has well-defined molded detail, including rooftop air-conditioning ducts and rivet seams. The diaphrams are separately applied. The underbody has a molded brake cylinder, Pullman mechanical air-conditioning, and other details.

The one-piece interior is molded in green with seat details. The roof is press-fit and can be removed.

Paint coverage on the model is smooth and evenly applied. The “PULLMAN” lettering is straight.

The car is also available lettered for Hidden Lake, which was a 10-1-2 sleeper built to plan 3585 in 1924 for the Great Northern Ry.’s Oriental Limited. That model has Empire Builder lettering, but according to The Official Pullman Standard Library: Selected Heavyweight cars, the prototype had PULLMAN lettering.

The body-mounted Magne-Matic knuckle couplers are mounted at the correct height per National Model Railroad Association standard S-2. All the plastic wheels are in gauge. The car weighs 1.5 ounces, which follows NMRA RP-20.1 for a car of this length.

This N scale Pullman is a detailed model of a passenger car that saw service throughout the country.

N scale Pullman sleeper
Price: $22.70

Manufacturer
Micro-Trains Line Co.
351 Rogue River Parkway
Talent, OR 97540
www.micro-trains.com

Era: 1911 to 1960s