This table is born out of necessity: I have been driving myself crazy trying to find Weathered Pack information in my own archive files. As long as I was consolidating what I needed, why not share? In July 2022, this table was split out of the main Runner Pack table in order to keep its size under control. I've linked the images I have (made available through kind courtesy of Micro-Trains Line, Inc.) into the table as well.
Please see the Notes at the bottom of the table for more information. Updated through December 2024 Releases.
Trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.
NOTES:
Weathered Packs and Train Sets (993 05 xxx, 993 01 xxx) are factory weathered and are generally released mid-month, usually with no
pre-order announcement. Although Weathered Packs were originally described as Runner Packs by MTL they are no longer being described as such.
Not every possible catalog number in sequence is used for Weathered Packs.
Just to make things more complicated, MTL issued two-packs under non-993 catalog numbers, which are not shown in this table. The first example of this is 077 44 050, a two pack of Union Pacific boxcars, released in February 2011, and the latest at this writing is 020 44 167, a two pack of Reading boxcars, released in August 2018.
Weathered Pack Catalog Numbers "reset" at 993 05 012 in December 2021; the 993 05 012 is technically in the
sequence after 993 05 990, however I've kept this table in catalog number order. The "#" column (second column from left)
is my attempt to keep the release sequence intact. For example, I've given the 993 05 012 sequence number 94. This was further complicated
in March 2022 when the next two sets had catalog numbers 993 06 001 and 993 06 002.
Then, in April 2022, the 05 digits returned with the release of 993 05 015 and 993 05 022.
Starting in May 2022, many (but not all) Weathered Packs were offered in both "Family Foam Nest" packing, keeping the 993 prefix, and traditional packing with each car in a jewel box, using the new 983 prefix. I'm using the 993 prefix here for sequencing.