Update: 2 July 2003   Prototype Accuracy Prototype Operating Period
Road
Name		 Road # Manuf. Model # Type Style/ Paint/ Road# Proto Proto
Quantity		 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s Photo Markings/Notes Release  Cost
(new)
ETTX 900936 Con-Cor 223-603032 Tri-Level
 Auto Rack		     --- --- --- --- y [1] Large "WP" initials: 3 road #'s in series 6/1/2002
PFE 52626 MT 47290 40' Reefer 10 8 y 1924 1775 y y --- --- --- [1] WP emblem[1] Sep-87  $   10.35
SN 2344 Model Railroad Customizing 8725-02 40' Wooden Box Car     1920 y y --- --- --- [1] Sacramento Northern, all boxcar red, white lettering (1920) Jan-02  $   24.99
SN 2401 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 1 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering;  ; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1989  $    7.50
SN 2405 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 5 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering;  ; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1992  $    8.50
SN 2413 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 4 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering;  ; Circa 1955 Atlas Car 8/1/1989  $    7.50
SN 2417 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 6 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1992  $    8.50
SN 2422 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 7 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1992  $    8.50
SN 2428 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 8 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 4/1/1994  $   13.50
SN 2431 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 9 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 4/1/1994  $   13.50
SN 2435 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN-10 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 4/1/1994  $   13.50
SN 2442 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN-11 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering; Large "Sacramento Northern"; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 4/1/1994  $   13.50
SN 2445 Model Railroad Customizing 8725-03 50 ft. Double Sliding Door   y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- SACRAMENTO NORTHERN, boxcar red, yellow lettering (1955) 1/1/2002  $   24.99
SN 2458 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 2 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering;  ; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1989  $    7.50
SN 2497 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2017SN- 3 50 ft. Double Sliding Door 8 8 y 1955SN 100 --- y y y --- [1] Brown w/ Yellow Lettering;  ; Circa 1955 ConCor Car 8/1/1989  $    7.50
TS 610 MT 32280 50' Box 10 10 y 1957TS 60 --- y y y --- [1] orange feather; related to WP 10/1/1989
TTAX 970259 MT 71015 89' Trailer Train w/WP Truck Trailer     n.a. --- --- --- --- y [1] Includes WP truck trailer 6/1/1991  $   26.00
WP 239 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2015WPMW- 1 40 ft. Single Sliding Door         WPMW -- Brown w/ Yellow Letters;  ; Circa ???? Atlas Car 11/1/1988  $    7.50
WP 482 Walthers 932-8759 Bay-Window Caboose   y n.a. 5 --- --- --- --- y [1] red
WP 602 MT 51220 Caboose   y n.a. --- y --- --- --- [1] Zephyr colors[2] 7/1/2002  $   33.00
WP 754 Model Railroad Customizing 212-2 Caboose     n.a. --- y --- --- --- [1] WP, silver, black roof, orange stripe (1950's) 1/1/2002  $   39.99
WP 754 Arnold Rapido[3]   Caboose     n.a. --- --- --- --- --- [1] 1970's?
WP 822 Atlas 35641 Caboose   0   --- --- --- --- --- [1]
WP 824 Lima       0   --- --- --- --- --- [1]
WP 1908 MT 44040 Flat car 5[4] y[5] n.a. --- y y y --- [1] [6] 5/1/2000  $    8.45
WP 1952 Atlas 3432 40' Box 7 7 y 1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- [1] Orange; silver feather
WP 1952 MT 20506 40' Box 10 10 y 1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- [1] Orange; silver feather[7] Aug-99  $   14.15
WP 1952 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-10 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- Orange w/ Black Letters; Large Silver Feather Logp; Circa 1952 Atlas Car 5/1/1991  $    8.50
WP 1952 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-10 (R) 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- Orange w/ Black Letters; Large &Small Silver Feathers; Circa 1952 Atlas Car Reprint w/ same road # and  different paint scheme. 4/1/1993  $    9.95
WP 1952 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 1 - 1 Box Car w/ Roofwalk         [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1953 MT 20506 40' Box 10 10 y 1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- [1] [8] 10/1/2000  $   14.15
WP 1953 Aztec WP 2016-11 40' Box 7 7 y 1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- orange with silver feather[9]
WP 1953 MRC 7031 50' Box (silver w/orange feather) 0 0 y fantasy 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] "made by Seksusi (Kato) for MRC in late 1960's" (per eBay listing)[10] 6/1/1967 ?
WP 1953 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-11 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- Orange w/ Black Letters; Large Silver Feather Logp; Circa 1952 Atlas Car 5/1/1991  $    8.50
WP 1953 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-11 (R) 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- Orange w/ Black Letters; Large &Small Silver Feathers; Circa 1952 Atlas Car Reprint w/ same road # and  different paint scheme. 4/1/1993  $    9.95
WP 1953 Aztec Manufacturing Co. WP 2016-15[11] 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1952PS 12 --- y y --- --- Orange w/ Black Letters; Large Silver Feather Logp; Circa 1952 Atlas Car
WP 1953 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 1 - 2 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952PS --- y y --- --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1961 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 2 - 1 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952(org) --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1962 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 2 - 2 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952(org) --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1963 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 2 - 3 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952(org) --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1964 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 2 - 4 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952(org) --- y y --- --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 1965 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 2 - 5 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1952(org) --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 2208 Con-Cor 0001-01205A 50' TOFC Trailer on flatcar   y n.a. 25 --- --- y y y [1]
WP 3001 Inter-
mountain		 65604-01
60604-01		 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
$12.95
WP 3002 Inter-
mountain		 65604-06 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
 
WP 3003 Inter-
mountain		 65604-07 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
 
WP 3004 Inter-
mountain		 65604-02
60604-02		 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- [1] Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
$12.95
WP 3005 Inter-
mountain		 65604-08 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
 
WP 3006 Inter-
mountain		 65604-03
60604-03		 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
$12.95
WP 3007 Inter-
mountain		 65604-04
60604-04		 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
$12.95
WP 3008 Inter-
mountain		 65604-09 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- [1] Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
 
WP 3009 Inter-
mountain		 65604-05
60604-05		 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
$12.95
WP 3010 Inter-
mountain		 65604-10 50' Box   y 1954DF 10 --- y y --- --- [1] Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits		 6/1/2002  $16.95
 
WP 3011 Inter-
mountain		 60604-06 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[12]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3013 Inter-
mountain		 60604-07 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[13]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3015 Inter-
mountain		 60604-08 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[14]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3016 Inter-
mountain		 60604-09 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[15]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3018 Inter-
mountain		 60604-10 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[16]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3020 Inter-
mountain		 60604-11 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[17]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3022 Inter-
mountain		 60604-12 50' Box   n 1954DF 10 --- --- --- --- --- Silver feather, "DF"; Inter-
mountain produced 12 road #'s. 65604-xx are RTR; 60604-xx are kits[18]		 6/1/2002 $12.95
WP 3030 MT 31290 50' Box 10 10 y 1952(org) 40 --- y --- --- --- [1] Orange; silver feather[19] 2/1/1998  $   13.75
WP 3701 BevBel/LL 10003 50' Box 0 7 n 1956 --- y y y --- [1] [20]
WP 3767 MT 102050 60' Box Car 10 10 y 1970 100's --- --- --- y y [1] box red; "WP"[21] Feb-99  $   16.00
WP 3838 MT 34160 50' Box 10 10 y 1955 100's --- y y y --- [1] 9/1/1988  $    8.00
WP 4051 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 1 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP"&"Cushion Protection"; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1989  $    7.50
WP 4052 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 2 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP"&"Cushion Protection"; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1989  $    7.50
WP 4053 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 3 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP"&"Cushion Protection"; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1989  $    7.50
WP 4054 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 4 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP"&"Cushion Protection"; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1989  $    7.50
WP 4055 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 7 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ WhiteLetters;  ; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1990  $    8.50
WP 4055 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-24 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP" Herald; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 4/1/1994  $   15.95
WP 4056 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 8 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1972S 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ WhiteLetters;  ; Circa 1972 Life Like Car[22] 1/1/1990  $    8.50
WP 4057 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 9 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ WhiteLetters;  ; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 1/1/1990  $    8.50
WP 4057 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-25 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP" Herald; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 4/1/1994  $   15.95
WP 4059 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-26 50 ft Single Sliding Door 9 10 y 1962 10 --- --- --- y y [1] Brown w/ Yellow Letters; Large "WP" Herald; Circa 1972 Life Like Car 4/1/1994  $   15.95
WP 5101 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5103 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5104 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5107 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5108 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5111 Deluxe Innovations 10070 Woodchip car   y n.a. 12 --- --- --- y y
WP 5621 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 5 50 ft Hi-Cube Single Plug Door   n[23] 0 --- --- --- --- --- Brown w/ White Letters; Large "WP"; Circa 1978 MDC Car 1/1/1989  $    8.50
WP 5628 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP- 6 50 ft Hi-Cube Single Plug Door   n[24] 0 --- --- --- --- --- Brown w/ White Letters; Large "WP"; Circa 1978 MDC Car 1/1/1989  $    8.50
WP 6053 MT 106220 50' Gondola 7 10 y n.a. 2 --- --- y y y [1] feather[25] 7/1/2002
WP 6464 HS 6464-1 40' Box 0 0 n fantasy 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] limited edition by "The Hobby Smith"; all silver
WP 6606 MT 46050 drop-end gondola 10 10 y n.a. 300 --- y y y --- collector item Jan-77
WP 6610 MT 46050 50' Gondola 10 10 y n.a. 300 --- y y y --- [1] [26] Aug-00  $   11.30
WP 7045 Model Railroad Customizing 491 - 4 Reefer     --- y --- --- --- 40 ft Woodside; WP, "maintenance of way", silvercar (1952) 1/1/2002  $   22.99
WP 10194 MT special run 40' Box 10 10 n[27] 1951(b) --- --- --- --- --- --- [1] collector car -- 2nd NSC convention 10/1/1994
WP 11321 Atlas 3177 2-Bay PS-2     n.a. --- --- --- --- --- [1]  $    6.95
WP 11504 Atlas 3735 3-Bay Covered Hopper     n.a. --- --- --- --- --- [1]
WP 11692 Delaware Valley 190 2-Bay Airslide     --- --- --- --- ---
WP 11696 Delaware Valley 190 2-Bay Airslide     --- --- --- --- ---
WP 11697 Delaware Valley 190 2-Bay Airslide     --- --- --- --- ---
WP 11832 MT 93050 3-Bay Covered Hopper 10 10 y n.a. 25 --- --- --- --- y [1] 1982 FRR scheme[28] Sep-98  $   22.10
WP 12003 Inter-
mountain		 67007-01 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12006 Inter-
mountain		 62007-02
67007-02		 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12012 Inter-
mountain		 62007-03
67007-03		 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y [1] Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12018 Inter-
mountain		 62007-04
67007-04		 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y [1] Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12024 Inter-
mountain		 62007-05 67007-05 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12029 Inter-
mountain		 62007-06 67007-06 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12031 Inter-
mountain		 62007-07 67007-07 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12035 Inter-
mountain		 62007-08 67007-08 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12037 Inter-
mountain		 62007-09 67007-09 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y [1] Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12043 Inter-
mountain		 62007-10 67007-10 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12048 Inter-
mountain		 62007-11 67007-11 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12050 Inter-
mountain		 62007-12 67007-12 ACF 4650 3-bay covered hopper   y n.a. 55 --- --- --- --- y Intermountain produced 12 road #'s in this series; 62007-xx are kits; 67007-xx are RTR Jun-02  $   19.95
WP 12051 Precision Masters 1715 3-Bay Covered Hopper   y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y
WP 12053 Precision Masters 1715 3-Bay Covered Hopper   y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y
WP 12064 Red Caboose RN-15208-2 4700 CF 3-Bay Covered Hopper    y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y [1] 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack 2001?
WP 12065 Precision Masters 1715 3-Bay Covered Hopper   y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y
WP 12089 Red Caboose 15208 4700 CF 3-Bay Covered Hopper    y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y [1] 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack 2001?
WP 12104 Precision Masters 1531 3-Bay Covered Hopper   y n.a. 50 --- --- --- --- y
WP 15293 MT 20076 40' Box 10 ? n 1950BSS 2 --- y --- --- --- [1] "Bulk Sugar"[29] 11/1/1991  $    7.90
WP 15299 MT 20076 40' Box 10 ? n 1950BSS 2 --- y --- --- --- [1] "Bulk Sugar"[30] 7/1/2003  $   11.95
WP 19501 Model Railroad Customizing 438 - 1 - 1 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y 1951(b) 42 --- y y --- --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single[31] 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 19502 Model Railroad Customizing 438 - 1 - 2 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y 1951(b) 42 --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single[32] 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 19503 Model Railroad Customizing 438 - 1 - 3 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y 1951(b) 42 --- y y --- --- [1] 40 ft Sliding Door - Single[33] 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 19504 Model Railroad Customizing 438 - 1 - 4 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y 1951(b) 42 --- y y --- --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single[34] 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 19505 Model Railroad Customizing 438 - 1 - 5 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y 1951(b) 42 --- y y --- --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single[35] 1/1/2002  $   34.99
WP 19541 MT 20800 40' Box 10 10 y 1956 100's --- y y y --- [1] [36] Oct-87
WP 20082 Model Railroad Customizing 8370 - 01 Box Car w/ Roofwalk     1956 --- y y y --- 40 ft Sliding Door - Single; WP, “Feather River Route”, boxcar red, yellow lettering (1956) 1/1/2002  $   22.99
WP 20108 Inter-
mountain		 65707-05
60707-05		 40' Box   y 1937 ? y y y --- --- [1] Intermountain produced 12 series road #'s; 65707-xx are RTR; 60707-xx are kits  $   16.95
WP 20200 Inter-
mountain		 65707-12 40' Box   y 1937 ? y y y --- --- Intermountain produced 12 series road #'s; 65707-xx are RTR; 60707-xx are kits  $   16.95
WP 20201 MT 21201 40' Box 10 10 y 1960 100's --- --- y y y [1] [37] Dec-73  $    2.75
WP 20482 MT 21050 40' Box 10 10 y 1960 100's --- --- y y y [1] [38] 12/1/1973  $    2.75
WP 20802 LL[39] ? 40' Box 7 6 y 1951(b) 20 --- y --- --- --- [1] Silver with org feather[40]  $    3.00
WP 20804 YYM ? 40' Box   y 1951(b) 20 --- y --- --- --- Limited edition by YesterYear Models on Intermountain model; 5 road #'s total[41] 9/1/2002  $   25.00
WP 20813 YYM ? 40' Box   y 1951(b) 20 --- y --- --- --- [1] Limited edition by YesterYear Models on Intermountain model; 5 road #'s total[42] 9/1/2002  $   25.00
WP 20826 MT 20210 40' Box 10 10 n[43] 1951(b) 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] [44] Apr-79
WP 21385 Atlas   40' Box     1956 --- y y y --- [1] (box car red w/orange feather)
WP 26072 MT 28170 40' Outside Brace Box     1937 y y y some --- [1] represents a 1937 repaint of this box car[45] 4/1/2003  $   15.40
WP 33221 MDC 8814 50' Box     n.a. --- --- --- --- y [1]
WP 34259 Con-Cor 001001-L 40' Box 0 0 n inaccurate --- --- --- --- --- [1] orange feather old - 1970's  $    1.50
WP 35094 The Freight Yard 2164A 50' Double Door         [46]  $   23.85
WP 35095 The Freight Yard 2164B 50' Double Door     1954DF --- y y y --- [1] [47]  $   23.85
WP 35096 The Freight Yard 2164C 50' Double Door         [1] [48]  $   23.85
WP 35182 MT 34130 50' Box 9 8 y 1970 182 --- --- --- y y [1] [49] 4/1/1986
WP 36169 The Freight Yard 9947A 50' Double Door     1979sfh     [50]  $   22.45
WP 36172 The Freight Yard 9947B 50' Double Door     1979sfh     [51]  $   22.45
WP 36184 The Freight Yard 9947C 50' Double Door     1979sfh     [52]  $   22.45
WP 37168 LL   50' Box 0 9 y 1960 --- --- y y y [1] 1960 scheme (yellow letters)[53]
WP 38001 MDC 8812 50' Box 9 9 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1] [54]  $    6.95
WP 38010 MDC 8814 50' Box     n.a. --- --- --- --- y [1] boxcar red; no feather
WP 38025 MT 30070 50' Box 10 10 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1] Prototype built July 1977. Feb-84  $   10.20
WP 38083 LL ? 50' Box   8 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1] ?
WP 38083 MDC 8812 50' Box   8 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1]
WP 38096 MDC 8812 50' Box 9 9 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1] brown; large white "WP"  $    6.95
WP 38100 MDC 8812 50' Box 9 9 y 1970 125 --- --- --- y y [1]
WP 38130 MDC 8281 50' Box 9 9 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y  $    6.75
WP 38141 MDC 8813 50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38149 MT 30080 50' Box 10 10 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y [1] [55] Feb-84  $    9.60
WP 38150 MT 30080 50' ribside box 10 10 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y [1] [56] 6/1/1990  $    9.60
WP 38150 MT 30089 50' ribside box 10 10 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y [1] kit 6/1/1990
WP 38152 MDC 8281 50' Box 9 9 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y kit
WP 38154 MDC 8813 50' Box     1970 --- --- --- y y [1]
WP 38163 MDC 8813 50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38174 MDC   50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38185 MDC 8813 50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38196 MDC   50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38198 MDC 8814 50' Box     n.a. --- --- --- --- y boxcar red; no feather
WP 38199 MDC 8814 50' Box     n.a. --- --- --- --- y [1] boxcar red; no feather
WP 38207 MDC 8813 50' Box     1970 --- --- --- y y [1] [57]
WP 38207 MDC 8281 50' Box 9 9 y 1979sfh 200 --- --- --- --- y [58]
WP 38218 MDC 8813 50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y
WP 38219 MDC 8281 50' Box     1979sfh --- --- --- --- y [1]
WP 38225 MDC 8813 50' Box     1970 --- --- --- y y [1]
WP 38322 LL   50' Box 0 7 n 1979sfh --- --- --- --- y [1] Modern feather[59]
WP 38347 LL   50' Box 0 7 n 1979sfh --- --- --- --- y [1] Modern feather[60]
WP 52001 Model Railroad Customizing 491 - 1 Reefer   y 1924 y --- --- --- --- [1] 40 ft Woodside 1/1/2002  $   29.99
WP 52626 Model Railroad Customizing 491 - 2 Reefer     1924 y --- --- --- --- [1] 40 ft Woodside[61] 1/1/2002  $   29.99
WP 55001 Model Railroad Customizing 491 - 3 Reefer         40 ft Woodside 1/1/2002  $   29.99
WP 55901 Model Railroad Customizing 433 - 3 - 1 Box Car w/ Roofwalk   y ? --- y y y --- [1] 50 ft Plug Door - Single[62] 1/1/2002  $   24.99
WP 55935 MT 32180 50' Box 10 10 y[63] 1956 25 --- y y y --- [1] box red; orange feather Dec-93  $   10.40
WP 55943 MT 32180 50' Box 10 10 y[64] 1956 25 --- y y y --- [1] 11/1/1987  $    7.80
WP 57604 AHM 4332 40' Box Car 3 5 n 1959 0 --- --- y y --- [1]  ("WP -- The Western Way")[65]  $    1.49
WP 60639 Bachmann   40' Box 0 5 y 1962 --- --- y y y [1] "WP -- Cushion Protection"[66]
WP 60755 Model Railroad Customizing 467-3       post-82 --- --- --- --- y UP, "We can handle it" (white), boxcar red car, white lettering, medium size shield (1984) 1/1/2002  $   24.99
WP 60930 Walthers 9328305       1962 --- --- y y y [1] "WP -- Cushion Protection"
WP 61051 Atlas 3301 40' Box Car     1959 --- --- y y --- [1]  ("WP -- The Western Way")  $    4.98
WP 61061[67] Bachmann         1962 --- --- y y y [1]
WP 61061[68] Model Power 3090       1962 --- --- y y y [1]
WP 66124 Red Caboose RN-17219 62' PC&F Box car 9 9 y 1970 --- --- --- y y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack[69]  $   17.95
WP 66164 Red Caboose RN-17219 62' PC&F Box car 9 9 y 1970 --- --- --- y y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack[70]  $   17.95
WP 66177 Red Caboose RN-17219 62' PC&F Box car     1970 --- --- --- y y [1] 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack  $   17.95
WP 66198 Red Caboose RN-17219 62' PC&F Box car 9 9 y 1979FRR 100 --- --- --- --- y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack[71]  $   17.95
WP 66198 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-14 50 ft Hi-Cube Single Plug Door         Brown w/ White Letters; 3 Color "WP" Herald; Circa 1969 MDC Car 4/1/1993  $   10.95
WP 66223 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-12 50 ft Hi-Cube Single Plug Door         Brown w/ White Letters; 3 Color "WP" Herald; Circa 1969 MDC Car 4/1/1993  $   10.95
WP 66233 Aztec WP 2016-12 50' Box   9 n 1979FRR --- --- --- --- y [72]  $   10.98
WP 66287 Aztec WP 2016-13 50' Box   9 n 1979FRR --- --- --- --- y [73]  $   10.98
WP 66287 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-13 50 ft Hi-Cube Single Plug Door         Brown w/ White Letters; 3 Color "WP" Herald; Circa 1969 MDC Car 4/1/1993  $   10.95
WP 67052 Red Caboose RC-17288-1(a) 62' PC&F Box car 9 9   1970 --- --- --- y y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack
WP 67053 Red Caboose RC-17288-1(b) 62' PC&F Box car 9 9   1970 --- --- --- y y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack
WP 67054 Red Caboose RC-17288-1(c) 62' PC&F Box car 9 9   1970 --- --- --- y y 6 road #'s in the series; avail. singly or in 3-pack
WP 68156 MDC 8888 50' Box   n 1979FRR 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] orange[74]
WP 68160 MDC 8939 50' Box   n 1979FRR 0 --- --- --- --- --- orange[75]
WP 68163 MDC 8939 50' Box   n 1979FRR 0 --- --- --- --- --- orange[76]
WP 68165 MDC 8939 50' Box   n 1979FRR 0 --- --- --- --- --- orange[77]
WP 68169 MDC 8888 50' High-Cube Box   y 1979FRR 1 --- --- --- --- y [1] orange; also released as part of a 4-pack in 2002
WP 68202 MDC 89437(b) 50' High-Cube Box   n 1 --- --- --- --- y Green; Released as part of a 4-pack; the prototype was road # 68165 6/1/2002
WP 68207 MDC 89437(d) 50' High-Cube Box   n 1 --- --- --- --- y Orange; Released as part of a 4-pack; the prototype was road # 68169 6/1/2002
WP 68211 MDC 89437(a) 50' High-Cube Box   n 1 --- --- --- --- y Blue; Released as part of a 4-pack; the prototype was road # 68110 6/1/2002
WP 68213 MDC 89437(c) 50' High-Cube Box   y 225 --- --- --- --- y Box car red; Released as part of a 4-pack 6/1/2002
WP 220106 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-15 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 6/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220123 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-16 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 6/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220135 Atlas   40' Box   y 1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- [1] "Merchandise Dispatch" scheme
WP 220135 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-17 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 6/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220141 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-18 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 7/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220155 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-19 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 7/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220162 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-20 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Pullman Green w/ Gold Letters; Gold "Merchandise Despatch"; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 7/1/1992  $   11.95
WP 220168 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-21 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Green w/ Gold, Red & Black Ltrs; Merchandise Despatch; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 1/1/1993  $   11.95
WP 220171 Atlas   40' Box   y 1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- [1] "Merchandise Dispatch" scheme
WP 220171 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-22 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Green w/ Gold, Red & Black Ltrs; Merchandise Despatch; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 1/1/1993  $   11.95
WP 220177 Atlas   40' Box   y 1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- "Merchandise Dispatch" scheme
WP 220177 Aztec Manufacturing Co. 2016WP-23 40 ft. Single Sliding Door     1941MD 15 y y --- --- --- Green w/ Gold, Red & Black Ltrs; Merchandise Despatch; Circa 1937 Atlas Car 1/1/1993  $   11.95
WP 619026 Bowser 37030 50' Airslide Covered Hopper      n.a. --- --- --- --- --- [1] 2002?
WP 6464100 HS 6464-100 40' Box   n fantasy 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] limited edition by "The Hobby Smith"; silver with orange feather
WP 6464100 HS 6464-100 40' Box   0 n fantasy 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] limited edition by "The Hobby Smith"; orange with blue feather
WP 6464250 HS 6464-250 40' Box   0 n fantasy 0 --- --- --- --- --- [1] limited edition by "The Hobby Smith"; orange with blue feather
WP ? Con-Cor 1-555655 85' 4 DR HI-CUBE BOX    [78] --- --- --- --- --- [1] ?
WPLX 60530 Walthers 932-8305 50' Reefer     1962 --- --- y y y [1] "WP -- Cushion Protection"[79]
WPLX 60596 Walthers 932-28956(b) 50' Reefer     1962 --- --- y y y "WP -- Cushion Protection"[80]  $    7.00
WPLX 60859 Walthers 932-28956(a) 50' Reefer     1962 --- --- y y y "WP -- Cushion Protection"[81]  $    7.00
WPLX 60872 Walthers 932-8956 50' Reefer     1962 --- --- y y y [1] "WP -- Cushion Protection"[82]
WPMW 291 MT 65550 Tank   y n.a. --- --- --- --- y [1] WPMW[83] 5/1/2002  $   18.30
WPMW 7020 The Freight Yard 2033A 40' Reefer         ice-carrying box cars[84]  $   23.55
WPMW 7021 The Freight Yard 2033B 40' Reefer         ice-carrying box cars[85]  $   23.55
WPMW 7023 The Freight Yard 2033C 40' Reefer         ice-carrying box cars[86]  $   23.55
WPRX 97012 Atlas 33711 50' Reefer 10 10 y 1971FGE --- --- --- y y [1]  $    8.45
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
[1]
Mike Hinkle:

The road # and printed data on the model indicate this unit is from the fleet used by WP between 1924 and 1953. It would look VERY aged by the 1950s. Also, I can find no evidence the feather in the Western Pacific herald was colored, as MT portrays it in this model.

In 1953-4 the fleet was reconditioned and renumbered to 55001 - 55900. Details of the scheme were changed.
[2]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/):

51220, $33.00 - 34 Foot Wood Caboose, End Cupola with Straight Sides, Western Pacific "Zephyr" Scheme. Aluminum with orange band on sides, orange with aluminum zebra striped ends. Black lettering including reporting marks in center and black, red and white "Feather River Route" herald below cupola. Reporting Marks: WP 602. Approximate Time Period: early to mid-1950's (1952 paint date given by MTL).

OK, let's get this out of the way: This is the most expensive Micro-Trains regular run release ever. And that's counting the TOFC cars (the most expensive of those was $31.20 MSRP). Given the complexity of the paint scheme including the zebra stripes on the ends, the orange band and the WP herald, I'd like to say that I'm not surprised. But this is still one expensive 'boose.

It's fortuitous for my research purposes that a very similar custom painted MTL caboose was discussed at some length on the wp-list@yahoogroups DL not long before this car was released. But perhaps it's not fortuitous that the thrust of that discussion is that the MTL cabeese body styles aren't a perfect match for anything that the WP or its Sacramento Northern subsidiary operated. There were no "passenger steps" or four windowed cabeese on the WP. Perhaps the closest match to the MTL 51000 is a group of cars dubbed the "Gould standard" by Garth Groff. It's a design shared with the Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific. These have a taller, narrower cupola, three windows per side, and quite ornate and unusual steps down from the platform, described at least once as "tender steps". A statement by Micro-Trains with respect to this car, posted to its micro-trains@yahoogroups.com DL and to my umtrr@yahoogroups DL (and subsequently unofficially crossposted elsewhere) cited a photo of WP 602 from the 1994 Portola Railroad Museum Calendar, which looks to me like a "Gould standard" 'boose.

I think it's fair to once again underscore the impracticality of a mass-market manufacturer to make cabeese customized to the idiosyncracies of the prototypes, as most "crummies" shared little in the way of standardization across roadnames. Suffice to say that brass (when available), scratchbuilding, or heavy-duty kitbashing remain the only ways to go to get closer to what the WP ran. Someone on the wp-list did some number crunching and came up with a number higher than $33 to kitbash and paint a more prototypical model.

The Gould Standard cars were apparently gone from the WP by 1956, noted by both Grant Vogel and Garth Groff in response to a query I posted on the wp-list. Garth looks after a nice website which, while focusing on the subsidiary Sacramento Northern, does offer data on the parent WP as well. Check out Garth's "Sacramento Northern On-Line" site... and don't overlook the rest of it! Thanks also to the several UMTRR readers who pointed me there.
[3]
Mike Hinkle:
Not sure of vendor, or that this unit was not redecorated. Claims and picture provided from eBay listing.
[4]
Mike Hinkle:
A high-quality MT model, but details are wrong. For one, the prototype was 59'-3" long, but the MT model is 50'.
[5]
Mike Hinkle:
Dorin lists these as 59'-3" long for TOFC service
[6]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

45230, $8.45 - 50 Foot Flat Car, Fishbelly Sides, Western Pacific. Black with white lettering including reporting marks on left. Reporting Marks: WP 1908. Approximate Time Period: mid-1950's to early 1970's. NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

Now merely the Feather River Subdivision of the Union Pacific, the Western Pacific lived for more than eighty glorious years carrying freight and passengers through wildly scenic country from the Bay Area to Salt Lake City, along the lowest elevation route through the formidable Sierra Nevada mountains. Since it was a whole lot smaller than its rivals, the WP had to innovate, and it did. We've already had examples of this modelled by MTL, including the fabulous "feather" box cars. Now here's a different type of innovation.

The ORER for January 1959 shows series 1901 to 1910, flat cars, ten total, and there wouldn't be anything special about this series unless you looked up Notes N and T. Note N reads, "[Series is] Equipped with ACF Trailer Hitches for T-O-F-C Service." And get a load of the way it's hyphenated. Trailer On Flat Car, that is, later called "Piggyback" and now more generally called "Intermodal" which just sounds so much more sophisticated, I suppose. Note T discloses that the flat cars were also equipped with roller bearings. Now that's something out of the ordinary for a flat car built in the 1950's! Just another way that the WP lived up to its "Rides Like A Feather" advertising slogan.

The ORER from January 1959 is the first I have (via Westerfield CD-ROM) that shows this group. The ten cars are there, but there is a little problem: the prototype's "inside" length is shown as 56 feet. That's a bit of a discrepancy versus the 51 foot "inside" length of the model. (I'm measuring the length of the platform as the "inside" length here.) The five foot N scale difference is just under seven-sixteenths of a real inch which in my mind is a noticable difference. I could see how the WP would have wanted something a bit longer than the usual 1950's era flat car for trailer service. I'm not an expert on this but I seem to recall that trailers of the day were in the range of 28 feet long or less; so 56 feet would be about the right size to squeeze two of them in. In fact, skipping to April 1970 we find that car number 1908 does have two trailer hitches. Nine of the original ten cars were still out on the rails at that point. However, they're all off the roster by the April 1976 Register.

[7]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

20506, $14.15 - 40' Single Door Boxcar (Superior or "Wide Rib" Door), Western Pacific. Orange with black lettering. Large silver feather with black roadname on left, and black "Feather River" herald on right. Small silver feathers along side. Reporting Marks: WP 1952. Approximate Time Period: early 1950's through at least 1970.

Here's a paint scheme that should not be attempted by the fainthearted. Although I've had the decals for years, including lots and lots of teeny tiny silver feathers, I've been hoping that MTL would get around to doing this striking paint scheme. Anybody want a set of decals, cheap?

As we've already noted in these bytes, the WP was an "early adaptor" to innovations such as "Damage Free" loaders and cushion underframes. Happily for railfans and for the WP's Marketing Department, these experimental cars also came with some very flashy decorations that included some form of the "feather" that's become inextricably tied into the line. While the slogan "Rides like a feather" doesn't appear on this car, it was also connected with the WP, which did boast the lowest elevation crossing of the Sierras and gradients which were relatively gentle-- for a mountain crossing railroad as well as for some that didn't have such terrain along their way!

The January 1964 Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) calls out cars 1952 and 1953 as being "Equipped with [a] special cushioning device". Only 1952 survived into the April 1970 ORER; my next volume is April 1976 which doesn't list it. Since M/T volunteers the information that the line never repainted the cars, we know that there's no issue there. There is also a prototype photo of 1953 on the WP Lives site. The image reveals a bit of extra fidelity: Both the door in the photo and MTL's door are of the six foot seven panel Superior variety. Bonus points!
[8]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

20506, $14.15 - 40 Foot Steel Box Car, Single Door (Youngstown or "Narrow Rib" Door), Western Pacific. Orange with black lettering. Large silver feather with black roadname on left, and black "Feather River" herald on right. Small silver feathers along side. Reporting Marks: WP 1953. Approximate Time Period: early 1950's through at least early 1960's. Previous Release: Road Number 1952, August 1999. NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

This is listed as "last road number for this release," which it is, and it evens the score with MTL's Z Scale version. After the first number of the 20506 was run in August 1999, a 1:220 version bowed, but as a two pack right out of the chute! (And it sold out pretty quickly as well.)

This is, in fact, a series of two, 1952 and 1953, equipped with what was for the time special experimental devices to cushion loads and prevent expensive damage to lading. To recap from the ORER lookups from the previous run, both cars are in the January 1964 edition but only the 1952 is listed in the April 1970 book. The door on the model lines up with the seven panel Superior model door on the real thing, as pictured by Frank Brehm on his "WPLives" website.

[9]
Mike Hinkle:
Appears identical to Atlas #3432 except for road #.
[10]
Mike Hinkle:
- Have also seen this as Con-Cor 8001-01481A
- MRC part # 7031
[11]
Mike Hinkle:
This part # reported in an eBay listing. Part # not confirmed. At the very least, Aztec did make this model with other part #'s.
[12]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[13]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[14]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[15]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[16]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[17]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[18]
Mike Hinkle:

Per Eager, the prototype only existed as #3001 - 3010. Therefore, this model road # is extraneous and does not accurately represent the prototype.
[19]
Mike Hinkle:
(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ )
31290, $13.75 - 50' Single Door Box Car, Western Pacific "Feather." Orange with black ends, black lettering and large silver feather across the entire car... including the doors. Reporting Marks: WP 3030. Approximate Time Period: mid-1950's, maybe just a bit of the 1960's. NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

The Western Pacific is kind of my adopted Western railroad. Running from Salt Lake City, Utah to Oakland, California, it was the last line to cross to California, and as such, it didn't have a lot of choices for routes. However, the one the builders of the WP did pick to get through the Sierras was something special-- the spectacular Feather River Canyon. The tracks wind along and, in some spots, soar over the rushing white waters of the Feather from Portola, elevation 4834 feet, to Oroville, elevation 202 feet. That's a vertical change of 4,632 feet in 116 miles, or just under 40 feet per mile. Sure, that's only a .7% grade, on average. But there's nothing average about the drop down the Feather River Canyon. Just ask the folks who rode the California Zephyr.

The slogan "Feather River Route" and the famous feather in the square shaped WP herald gradually gave way to the slogan "Rides Like A Feather" and, as we see in this month's new release, a much larger feather, when it became apparent to the WP that the future was not in streamlined passenger trains... no matter how scenic the route. As such, the road was an early adapter of both the "Damage Free" and "Cushioned Underframe" devices, both of which appear on this car. To point this out to potential shippers, and to anyone else within, say, a quarter mile of these cars, the WP had huge car-sized feathers painted on box cars that sported the new equipment, to suggest that these cars would "ride like a feather." The September, 1994 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman contains an article with more information on 40' "feather" box cars, and how to model them in that other larger scale; and also has a short reference list.

This isn't the first "feather" that has appeared on M/T and Kadee box cars. Among past items is a silver 40 footer with an orange feather across the side which appeared in 1979 as catalog number 20210. 1987 saw 20800, in box car red with orange feather merely the size of the area to the right of the door. And in the fifty foot plug door variety, there was also a brown with orange feather entry in 1987 as 32180, reprinted in December 1993. That reprint was the most recently released M/T for the WP up until now, a gap of just over four years. There have been a total of ten different paint schemes done for the Feather River Route, one gondola and the rest box cars. There's also been 47290, a Pacific Fruit Express wood refrigerator car with the WP herald.

Our handy dandy Official Railway Equipment Registers reveal that this month's entry belongs to series 3011 to 3050, with 50'6" inside length and 8 foot doors. Footnotes reveal, sure enough, that they were equipped with both the "DF" + "CU" features advertised on the top right hand corner of the side of the car. There were 39 extant of the series in January of 1964, but whether they were still painted in this flashy scheme is another story. That orange and silver paint job just didn't wear well, and was very expensive to maintain. I think it's safe to run this car from 1955 to 1960, but after that, I'm just not sure.

[20]
Mike Hinkle:

WP #3701 was a 60-ft box car. There never was a 50-footer with that road #.
[21]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

102050, $16.00 - 60' Excess Height Double Plug Door Box Car, Rivet Sides, Western Pacific. Box car red with mostly white lettering including large roadname on left and very large "WP" initials on right. Reporting Marks: WP 3767. Approximate time period: early 1970's to present. NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

"Box, Steel, Special Cushioning Devices, Load Dividers, Nailable Steel Floors, Rubrails, Not For General Service (Auto Parts)". Wow, that ORER description, from the April 1976 book, is almost as long as the car is. Seven cars of class XP in the set numbered 3761 to 3767 are the inspiration for this latest in the sixty foot releases. And yep, they were all still around under Union Pacific and still listed in 1996 as retaining their WP reporting marks. Could be that the captive service they're in keeps them too far away from UP paint brushes. I, for one, am not complaining. While the ORER data and M/T's big hint in their car description both illustrate that the Approximate Time Period runs right into today, might I suggest that consolidated stencils replace the white data under the huge "WP" on the right if you're a nineties kinda modeller. (I know, rivet, rivet.)

M/T mentions in their web site that this car was spotted coupled to a similar Detroit, Toledo and Ironton car in 1998. I have been racking my brains since reading that point, trying to recall whether and where I might have a copy of that photo in a magazine somewhere. A more interesting question might be, where was that photo taken? Like both releases of the DT&I car, and, in fact, all of the 102000 series cars released so far except the 1998 Holiday Car, this one has the pool number "322" stenciled near the reporting marks.
[22]
Mike Hinkle:
These cars arrived in 1972, but all the pictures I have show use of the 1962 scheme amongst its siblings. Can't explain the use of 1972S, unless this particular unit was damaged and repainted during the early 1970s….
[23]
Mike Hinkle:
Can find no record of a WP box car with this road #
[24]
Mike Hinkle:
Can find no record of a WP box car with this road #
[25]
Mike Hinkle:

(From  http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ )

106220, $19.35 - 50 Foot 15 Panel Fixed End Gondola with Low Cover, Western Pacific. Black with yellow and white lettering. Roadname split by orange feather across center of car. Black cover. Reporting Marks: WP 6053. Approximate Time Period: early 1960's (1962 rebuild date given by MTL) to late 1970's. NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

Call this "part two" of the story of a WP gondola. We saw "part one" in August 2000 with the reprint of the 46050 gondola. Back then I reported that from 1959 to 1964 the prototype series 6601 to 6800 had dropped from its original 200 cars to 99, but that there were two new series of gons that appeared in the Feather River Route's roster. One of those groups was numbered 6300 to 6400 and were GBS class cars equipped with steel cradles for loading coiled steel strips.

The other group included this car, part of a short series 6051 to 6060. The January 1964 ORER lists these ten as AAR Classfication GBS, description "Gondola, Steel, Wood Floor, Covered" and Note MM refers to a three section roof and removable bulkheads that MTL notes as well. The inside length was 52 feet 6 inches and the outside length 55 feet 1 inch, so the model is a little short in the body and a little long overall, but not noticably so. The extreme height was 8 feet 7 inches, which should count the cover. Capacity was 1,745 cubic feet or 140,000 pounds.

And "part two" came with a much more elaborate paint scheme. No plain white roadname here! The large orange feather was sure to garner looks at railroad crossings. This is quite the unusual circumstance for a gondola. It also explains the high price, which is probably the all time MTL record for a gon. (I've not validated this but I'm pretty sure. After the $33 WP caboose, even.)

What could these ten cars have carried for the WP? Normally, we don't know, and this time we probably still don't, but there is an interesting possibility described in the March 2002 issue of Trains magazine. In the piece "Perlman the Magnificent" by Harry Bruce, a circa-1972 negotiation is described with respect to WP business with the giant U.S. Steel. The Western Pacific and its much larger rival Southern Pacific were invited to bid on coil steel traffic between Salt Lake and the Bay Area. WP thought it submitted a better overall deal but lost to the Espee. That prompted Alfred E. Perlman, legendary railroad figure and then-President of the WP, to fly out to and confront the U.S. Steel management with Bruce, who was working for Perlman at the time. The net effect of the meeting, leaving out all the intrigue, was that WP did pick up some of that steel business, and there you have a possible use for the covered gons. They were still around in 1972, in fact two of the ten lasted into 1981.
[26]
Mike Hinkle:

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

46050, $11.30 - 50 Foot Steel Gondola, Fishbelly Sides, Drop Ends, Western Pacific. Black with white lettering including roadname across car. Reporting Marks: WP 6610. Approximate Time Period: early 1950's (1950 Built Date) to mid-1980's. Previous Release: Road Number 6606, January 1977.

The folks at the red and yellow sign reach back more than 20 years for a reprint of a workhorse white on black gondola, thus once again deflating the need for accumulators to pay big buck aftermarket prices for the first run. We'll do another two for one special here and track both the original and reprint number through the ORER accumulation.

The July 1950 ORER CD-ROM shows series 6601 to 6800, AAR Class GB, as "Gondola, All Steel, Drop Ends, Steel Floor." The MTL model is a hair short, as it measures around 51 scale feet long versus the 52 foot 6 inch prototype length. This is pretty much in the "so what" category, though. The outside length of the prototype is 55 foot 1 inch and the inside height is 3 foot 6 inches. All 200 cars were present and accounted for, not surprising given that according to MTL they were built in 1950. By the January 1964 ORER the group had dropped all the way down to 99 cars, but I do wonder if some of these weren't redeployed into the series 6051 to 6060, which were GBR covered gons, or the group 6300 to 6400, which were GBS mill gondolas equipped with steel cradles for loading coiled steel strips. These two groups of cars have dimensions identical to the 6600 series. Well, it's possible, but let's go on to the April 1970 Register where the 6600 series stood at 99 cars again, and then to the April 1976 book where the group was down to 63 units. Finally, in January 1985 there were just 25 cars from the original 200 remaining so that's where I stopped looking. One could probably squeeze a little more time out of the series, though.

Our friends at the Feather River Railroad Society's Portola Railroad Museum in Portola, California have on their roster the prototype WP 6550, donated to them by the Union Pacific. The paint is pretty much identical to that on MTL's model, but the car itself was built in 1945 and sports a wood floor instead of the steel floor on the 46050. You can see a photo of the 6550 for yourself on their website.
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Mike Hinkle:
This is a "fantasy" road #. See other cars with 1951(b) scheme for better data on prototype. The road # in this case -- 10194 -- stands for the date of the model's release: 10/1/1994
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Mike Hinkle:
Even though these cars were built in 1971, the paint scheme used by MT dates to 1982. Therefore, MT has depicted a repaint of this model, dating from 1982, shortly before the purchase by UP.

(From http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/ ):

93050, $22.10 - 3 Bay ACF Center Flow®, Round Hatches, Western Pacific. Gray with black lettering. Black, red and white "Feather River Route" herald on right. Reporting Marks: WP 11832. Approximate Time Period: early 1980's to at least the early 1990's (for this paint scheme). NOTE: This item has been sold out and discontinued.

This is the first center flow that's been done for the WP by MTL. Seems to me that this has got to be one of the latest uses of the classic square herald; by this time the more modernized versions of the feather were in general use.

The ORER shows all 25 cars of the series 11826 to 11850 lasting at least through 1981. 21 cars were listed in the October 1986 book and 14 in October of 1991... under the Union Pacific, however. I feel obligated to stop the approximate time period at the UP takeover, since unlike other railroads with which you may be familiar, UP repaints quickly. So 11832 might still be wearing WP reporting marks, but a Union Pacific shield instead of the square herald that honors an engineering achievement in the Feather River Valley.

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Mike Hinkle:
Per Eager, WP rebuit 2 of the 20201-series box cars into experimental covered hoppers. The interior was lined, and the exterior was painted all-silver with black lettering. The road #'s were 14601 - 14602 (not the number MT used). These cars were leased to SP (!) for use by Holly Sugar, so would have rarely appeared on WP tracks.

Another interesting contradiction: the built date on the MT model is "6-35". Eager has no record of steel box cars being deliverd to WP in 6/1935. I'm confused.... Did MT only have a fuzzy picture to base this model on?....
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Mike Hinkle:
Per Eager, WP rebuit 2 of the 20201-series box cars into experimental covered hoppers. The interior was lined, and the exterior was painted all-silver with black lettering. The road #'s were 14601 - 14602 (not the number MT used). These cars were leased to SP (!) for use by Holly Sugar, so would have rarely appeared on WP tracks.

Another interesting contradiction: the built date on the MT model is "6-35". Eager has no record of steel box cars being deliverd to WP in 6/1935. I'm confused.... Did MT only have a fuzzy picture to base this model on?....

Per MT: "This 40 standard box car with single door is painted aluminum with black logo and lettering. It was built in June 1935 and runs on black Bettendorf trucks. In 1903, the Western Pacific Railway was incorporated to build a Railroad between Salt Lake City and San Francisco. The last spike was driven in 1909 on the Spanish Creek Trestle at Keddie, CA. The new road had no branches to feed it, as a result the WP Railway entered bankruptcy in 1915. The WP Railway was sold in 1916 and reorganized as the Western Pacific Railroad. The WP joined the UP and the MP in a 3-way merger in 1983. Today it has several branches in CA and operates subsidiaries Sacramento Northern, Tidewater Southern and Alameda Belt railroads. "
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Mike Hinkle:
Road #'s are correct for the post-1952 renumbering of this series
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Mike Hinkle:
Road #'s are correct for the post-1952 renumbering of this series
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Mike Hinkle:
Road #'s are correct for the post-1952 renumbering of this series
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Mike Hinkle:
Road #'s are correct for the post-1952 renumbering of this series
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Mike Hinkle:
Road #'s are correct for the post-1952 renumbering of this series
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Mike Hinkle:
The scheme used on this car was not the original it appeared at WP with. Therefore, as presented by MT, this car represents a re-paint from the late 1950s
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Mike Hinkle:
This MT model represent's a re-paint of this car, from the early to mid-1960s.
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Mike Hinkle:
This MT model represent's a re-paint of this car, from the early to mid-1960s.
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Mike Hinkle:
Also sold by Minitrix (?) and Model Power (model # 3432)
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Mike Hinkle:

This road # and paint scheme are correct, but only for a 1 year period (1951 - 1952), since WP quickly renumbered this series to 19501 - 19520. By the way, WP added 22 more cars in this scheme, but not until the renumbering, so the additional cars only appeared as 19521 - 19542.
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Mike Hinkle:
This road # and paint scheme are correct, but only for a 1 year period (1951 - 1952), since WP quickly renumbered this series to 19501 - 19520. By the way, WP added 22 more cars in this scheme, but not until the renumbering, so the additional cars only appeared as 19521 - 19542.
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Mike Hinkle:
This road # and paint scheme are correct, but only for a 1 year period (1951 - 1952), since WP quickly renumbered this series to 19501 - 19520. By the way, WP added 22 more cars in this scheme, but not until the renumbering, so the additional cars only appeared as 19521 - 19542.
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Mike Hinkle:
A box of this road # existed, but per Eager not in this scheme.
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Mike Hinkle:

This road # in this paint scheme is not correct. WP quickly renumbered the orignal series from 20801 - 20820 to 19501 - 19520. By the way, WP added 22 more cars in this scheme, but not until the renumbering, so the additional cars only appeared as 19521 - 19542. Thus, there never was a #20826 in this scheme. Other than that minor detail, the MT reproduction is excellent.
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Mike Hinkle:
Quote from the www.micro-trains.com:

This 40’ outside braced box car with single door is painted box car red, lettered in white, and branded with their black and white logo. It runs on Bettendorf trucks. It was built in March 1916 by the Pullman Company and serviced in August 1948. A few of the renumbered road series 26001-26100 were modified with roof hatches for bulk plaster service, although WP 26072 was not equipped as such.
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:

The road # is appropriate per Dorin's inventory.  The paint scheme is 1970 in all major components, but features framing bars around the reporting marks -- and WP stopped use of these bars at least 10 years earlier. Also, the build date is "4-54", but this model definitely depicts a repaint. So there are some inconsistencies between the model and the prototype here.
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:
Pad-printed on Micro-Trains body
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Mike Hinkle:

The model is of a 40 ft box car, but the prototype was a 50 ft unit with a different door arrangement. The prototype did wear the same paint scheme as the model. However, the model build date is "4-79" -- it should be "9-71". This paint scheme would not be used in 1979.
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Mike Hinkle:
Build date July 1977
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Mike Hinkle:
Prototype built Oct 1979 or later
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Mike Hinkle:
Prototype built Oct 1979 or later
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Mike Hinkle:

MDC/Roundhouse produced the same road # in multiple schemes
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Mike Hinkle:

MDC/Roundhouse produced the same road # in multiple schemes
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Mike Hinkle:

No record of a box car with this road # in this scheme. Very unlikely a 40-ft box would have worn this scheme.
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Mike Hinkle:

No record of a box car with this road # in this scheme. Very unlikely a 40-ft box would have worn this scheme.
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Mike Hinkle:
Is this a fantasy scheme? The side paint is VERY orange….
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Mike Hinkle:

This is one strange looking box car. The paint design doesn't fit any of the WP scheme I know of -- perhaps it was a one-off or a mistake. It is most like 1951(a).
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Mike Hinkle:
Dorin has this box # in the 1950s roster
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Mike Hinkle:
Dorin has this box # in the 1950s roster
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Mike Hinkle:

- The lettering on the model is all white, but it should be yellow

- The model box car style is fantasy -- a double-door 40 ft unit, with 1 door normal and the other reefer-style….

- No record of a WP box car with this road #
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Mike Hinkle:

Nice try…. The road # existed, and was an insulated car, but was 50-ft long (not 40 ft like this model). The paint scheme is right but poor quality.
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Mike Hinkle:
Appears identical to the Model Power model of the same road #. There's some chance the road # actually is #61051.
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Mike Hinkle:
Appears identical to the Bachmann model of the same road #. There's a small chance the road # actually is 61051.
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Mike Hinkle:
Model paint scheme has build date of "10-69", accurate to prototype
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Mike Hinkle:
Model paint scheme has build date of "10-69", accurate to prototype
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Mike Hinkle:

The original series arrived from PC&F in October 1969. However, the paint scheme on the model indicates a repaint. The model carries a re-build date of "SAC 9-82", so as is the model is only accurate for 1982 or later.
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Mike Hinkle:

I can't find a record of this road #…. Is a good rendition of the 1979FRR scheme.
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Mike Hinkle:

I can't find a record of this road #…. Is a good rendition of the 1979FRR scheme.
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Mike Hinkle:
No record of box car in this color and scheme with this road #. Eager indicates only #68169 painted this way.
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Mike Hinkle:
No record of box car in this color and scheme with this road #. Eager indicates only #68169 painted this way.
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Mike Hinkle:
No record of box car in this color and scheme with this road #. Eager indicates only #68169 painted this way.
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Mike Hinkle:
No record of box car in this color and scheme with this road #. Eager indicates only #68169 painted this way.
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Mike Hinkle:
The prototype were all in the 86001 - 86127 range
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Mike Hinkle:
Introduced in 1964, these insulated box cars were leased to a number of railroads and private industries. In service, they carried loads which required a constant temperature, but didn't need to be refrigerated in transit. This included foodstuffs like cereal, beer, canned goods and chocolate, as well as a variety of lubricants and chemicals. Using the same basic body, three variations were built, which differed in inside length, types and thickness of insulation and load restraints. Just over 1300 roamed the rails and a few remain in use today.
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