The Micro-Trains 037 00 170 is an N-scale 50-foot Standard Double-Door Boxcar with cushioned underframe, decorated in classic Union Pacific Armour Yellow for car #506648 and proudly wearing the "Automated Rail Way" logo. The mid-1960s prototype was built specifically for high-value, easily damaged freight — wide double doors for forklift loading and a cushion underframe to soak up coupler shocks in transit.
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Will this run on my existing N layout?
Yes — standard N-scale (1:160) with body-mounted Micro-Trains magnetic knuckles. Couples to any Magne-Matic or compatible N-scale coupler and rolls on code 55, 70, or 80 rail.
What does "Automated Rail Way" mean?
It was a Union Pacific marketing slogan from the late 1950s through the 1960s emphasizing UP's investment in IBM mainframe car-tracking and computer-controlled classification yards — the railroad-equivalent of "we're high-tech." The slogan appeared in this stylized red-and-white logo on freight cars during that period.
What era is appropriate for this car?
The prototype was built in the mid-1960s and stayed in service well into the 1990s. The "Automated Rail Way" logo is most authentic for layouts set roughly 1960-1980, but cars in this paint scheme rolled long after.
Sold individually?
Yes — a single car with road number 506648. Micro-Trains releases this body style in many road numbers and paint schemes if you want to build a Union Pacific consist.
