The N'Crowd Model Railroad Society has produced a number of special run cars over the years. Download a PDF list of all (or almost all) of the special run cars the N'Crowd has produced since its founding in 1978.
We have recently received photos of cars that were never pictured here before — look for the gold bar on their cards in the gallery below.
We have no special run cars for sale at present.
Over time, some records have been lost. If you have corrections or additions for the list, please email chris@ncrowd.org.
1978NCTX 177 (black)by Kato300 made · 50 ft
1978NCTX 177 (dark blue)by Kato60 made · 50 ftMembers only.
1982HBTX 1982by Con-Cor238 made · 40 ft1982 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 238
1982T&NO 4782by Con-Cor238 made · 40 ft1982 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 238
1982TMRX 3082by Con-Cor238 made · 50 ft1982 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 238
1983The First National N Scale Convention observation carby Con-Cor150 made · 85 ftThe first National N Scale Convention car.
1983GWF 1083by Con-Cor190 made · 50 ft
1983HBTX 1983by Con-Cor145 made · 40 ft1983 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 145
1983MCSA 6183by Con-Cor190 made · 40 ft
1983T&NO 4783by Con-Cor145 made · 40 ft1983 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 145
1983TMRX 3083by Con-Cor145 made · 50 ft1983 Texas freight cars, numbered sets of 145
1983–1988Atlas center flow (grey)about 300 made · 55 ft
1983–1988Atlas center flow (tuscan)about 300 made · 55 ft
1983–1988Atlas covered hopper (grey)about 300 made · 45 ft
1983–1988Atlas covered hopper (tuscan)about 300 made · 45 ft
1983–1988Atlas 90-ton hopper (black)about 300 made · 45 ftRotary end.
1988MP 4334by Kadee300 made · 50 ft10th anniversary car.
1989Come N of Age — NCDX 1989 (white)by Atlas150 made · 40 ft1989 National N Scale Convention car, Houston, Texas.
1989Come N of Age — NCDX 1989 (silver)by Atlas40 ftHow many were made is not known; possibly a test run only.
1989TSR 890by Atlas100 made · 40 ft
1989TSRR 751 express boxcarby Atlas100 made · 40 ft
1989TSRR 23 cabooseby Atlas100 made
1989TSRR 300 Consolidationby Bachmann / Rivarossi100 madeTexas State Railroad set, 100 numbered sets
1989TSRR 61 combineby Bachmann / Rivarossi100 madeTexas State Railroad set, 100 numbered sets
1989TSRR 72 coachby Bachmann / Rivarossi100 madeTexas State Railroad set, 100 numbered sets
1989TSRR 74 coachby Bachmann / RivarossiTexas State Railroad set, 100 numbered sets
1989NCDX two-packby Kadee300 made · 40 ft1989 convention two-pack.
1989TSRR 303 RS-3 diesel
1991H&TC 849by Kadee300 made · 40 ft
1992GH&H 378by Micro-Trains300 made · 40 ft
1993BC&G 93627by Micro-Trains300 made · 50 ft1993 convention car.
1993NLAX 191by Roundhouse255 made · 50 ft1993 convention car, meatball logo.
1993NLAX 190by Roundhouse255 made · 50 ft1993 convention car, worm logo.
1997UFIX CoalPorterby Deluxe Innovations50 ftSingle cars, mixed numbers.Ten-packs, ten different numbers.
1998NCDX 9820 (black)by Micro-Trains300 made · 39 ft20th anniversary car.
1998NCDX 9820 (dark blue)by Micro-Trains100 made · 39 ft20th anniversary car.
1999C&IG 218by Micro-Trains300 made · 40 ft
2000I&GN 1903 / 1904 two-packby Micro-Trains150 made · 40 ft
2001SA&AP 7296 / 8499 two-packby Micro-Trains150 made · 40 ft
2003BCG 2003 grey convention carby Micro-Trains300 made · 40 ft2003 convention registration car.
2003National N Scale Convention two-packby Micro-Trains350 made · 60 ft2003 convention two-pack, moon scheme.2003 convention two-pack, meatball logo.
2003BCG "Houston" business carby Katoabout 50 made · 85 ft2003 convention volunteer car.
2011BC&G Precision Design boxcarby Atlas / Double R Graphics
Boxes, labels and paperwork
Con-Cor box label, 1978 special run carsThe 1978 Houston N-Trak special run cars were built by Kato and sold in Con-Cor boxes.
Case label, dimensional data carsThe dimensional data cars were Atlas, printed by AK-SAR-BEN — Nebraska spelled backwards.
1982 set label1982 Texas freight cars, numbered; 238 sets in total.
1983 set label1983 Texas freight cars, numbered; 145 sets in total.
Texas State Railroad set paperworkTexas State Railroad set paperwork, by Loco-Motives; numbered, only 100 sets.