Train-19 first appeared in the 2000 2nd. edition catalog. K-Line split the product into Gold, Red and Blue lines. Train-19 being Blue. The first releases were primarily 640 series box cars, the single dome kusan tank cars, and some Marx items thrown in. They all had metal trucks with needle point axles and their typical detailing. By this time K-Line had literally made hundreds of different items from their Marx and Kusan molds and I suspect decided keep that ball rolling by picking a price point that allowed the customer to add to their car count and a reasonable price. Gold was the Scale line. Red was the Classic line.
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