Micro-Trains

Ready to find your next Micro-Trains favorite? Pick your scale and start exploring detailed rolling stock, trains, couplers, accessories, and the new, pre-owned, and harder-to-find pieces that make every visit to Trainz a little different.

For many model railroaders, Micro-Trains is as closely associated with couplers as it is with rolling stock. Its Magne-Matic system helped establish the brand's reputation in small-scale railroading, with magnetic knuckle-style couplers offered for Micro-Trains equipment as well as replacement and conversion applications for compatible models from other manufacturers.

The product line has also included freight and passenger-car trucks, trucks equipped with couplers, wheelsets, coupler components, and other replacement parts. The correct coupler, truck, or component depends on the specific model and mounting arrangement, making application information especially important when repairing or converting equipment.

Rolling stock and couplers may get much of the attention, but they are not the whole Micro-Trains story. The brand has also produced powered locomotives and complete train sets, along with products that help modelers build out the railroad around their trains.

Containers, Loads, Structures & Scenery

Depending on scale and production period, Micro-Trains products can include standalone shipping containers, freight-car loads, kit structures, trees, scenery items, and other model railroad accessories. These smaller categories add useful breadth without taking the focus away from the brand's core rolling-stock and coupler lines.

Micro-Trains Micro-Track

Micro-Trains also produced the Micro-Track system for Z Scale, including sectional track, flex track, turnouts, and related components. Trainz inventory in this area is primarily older or new old stock, so Micro-Track availability can change as pieces surface.

The Micro-Trains story traces back to brothers Keith and Dale Edwards and their work developing the Magne-Matic coupler system. An N Scale version arrived in the late 1960s, followed by the first Micro-Trains freight car in 1972. Micro-Trains later became an independent company in the 1990s and built a lasting reputation around small-scale rolling stock, couplers, and related products.

Micro-Trains by Atlas

In November 2025, Atlas Model Railroad Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Micro-Trains Line, including its molds, tooling, and associated intellectual property. The Micro-Trains name continues as Micro-Trains by Atlas, connecting decades of Micro-Trains products with the brand's next chapter.

Explore the broader Atlas Trains lineup to see more from the company now carrying the Micro-Trains name forward.

With decades of road names, car numbers, sets, special releases, parts, and accessories behind the brand, shopping Micro-Trains does not have to stop with current releases. Trainz regularly acquires model train collections, bringing pre-owned, discontinued, collectible, and harder-to-find Micro-Trains products back into circulation.

Assorted Micro-Trains Lots

Collections often bring several Micro-Trains pieces through the door together, which means assorted lots can turn up with mixed freight cars, road names, passenger equipment, accessories, parts, or other finds. They can be a practical way to add several pieces to a railroad at once and occasionally uncover something unexpected.

New old stock and models in older packaging can surface too. If you are hunting for one exact Micro-Trains release, compare model numbers, road numbers, decoration, packaging, and other identifying details when available.

Have a Micro-Trains Collection to Sell?

Trainz buys qualifying model train collections that can include Micro-Trains rolling stock, locomotives, train sets, couplers, parts, accessories, and other N and Z Scale equipment. Learn how the process works through Sell My Trains – How It Works.

Is Micro-Trains now owned by Atlas?

Atlas Model Railroad Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Micro-Trains Line in November 2025, including its molds, tooling, and intellectual property. The brand continues as Micro-Trains by Atlas.

Is Micro-Trains still making model trains?

Yes. Micro-Trains products continue under Micro-Trains by Atlas, while decades of earlier Micro-Trains releases remain available through the secondary market.

What scales does Micro-Trains make?

Micro-Trains is best known for N and Z Scale model railroad products. Its catalog has included rolling stock, locomotives, train sets, couplers, parts, track products, and accessories, with the exact lineup varying by scale.

What is Micro-Trains best known for?

Micro-Trains is especially well known for N and Z Scale rolling stock and its Magne-Matic couplers. Freight cars are a major part of the brand's history, alongside passenger equipment, couplers, trucks, parts, locomotives, sets, and other small-scale products.

Are Micro-Trains and Atlas N Scale trains compatible?

Many Micro-Trains and Atlas N Scale cars and locomotives can operate together on the same N Scale railroad. Coupler type is one of the main details to check when mixing equipment, particularly with older models or cars using different coupler designs.

Can Micro-Trains couplers be used on other brands?

Yes. Micro-Trains has produced replacement and conversion couplers for compatible equipment from a variety of manufacturers. The correct application depends on the particular car or locomotive and its mounting arrangement.

What are Micro-Trains Magne-Matic couplers?

Magne-Matic couplers are Micro-Trains' knuckle-style coupler system designed for magnetic uncoupling. They became one of the products most strongly associated with the Micro-Trains name, particularly among N Scale model railroaders.

What does MTL mean in model trains?

MTL is a common abbreviation for Micro-Trains Line. It is frequently used by model railroaders and collectors when referring to Micro-Trains cars, couplers, and other products.

Where can I find older or discontinued Micro-Trains trains?

Trainz regularly acquires pre-owned model train collections, so changing inventory can include discontinued Micro-Trains rolling stock, locomotives, train sets, parts, accessories, new old stock, collectible releases, and assorted lots.