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AZL - 73908-1 - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO - Union Pacific - 5900

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BrandAZL
Stock Number73908-1
Original Retail Price$71.00
ManufacturerAZL
Body StyleAZL Passenger, Lightweight Railway Post Office
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO (Details)
Road or Company NameUnion Pacific (Details)
Road or Reporting Number5900
Paint Color(s)Yellow with Red Stripes & Grey Roof
Print Color(s)Red
Coupler TypeAZL AutoLatch
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Release Date2019-02-01
Item CategoryPassenger Car
Model TypeLightweight
Model SubtypePullman
Model VarietyRailway Post Office (RPO)
RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)



Prototype History:
When lightweight cars came to the Pullman fleet in the early 1940s, their smooth sides lent themselves to classy, colorful paint schemes. Baggage cars operated on everything from premier trains to mail runs from coast to coast, normally mixing with the head-end cars of connecting lines.

RPO cars were built to government specifications by the railroads, which owned these cars and were paid by U.S. Post Office contracts per mile of running time. They were staffed by specially-trained, armed U.S. Postal Clerks, who referred to their runs by the cities between which they operated: north to south or east to west, with north-south taking precedence.
Road Name History:
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad network is the largest in the United States and employs 42,600 people. It is also one of the world's largest transportation companies.

Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP); both are headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Over the years Union Pacific Corporation has grown by acquiring other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Southern Pacific (including the Denver & Rio Grande Western).

Union Pacific Corporation's main competitor is the BNSF Railway, the nation's second largest freight railroad, which also primarily services the Continental U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Together, the two railroads have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the U.S.

Read more on Wikipedia and on Union Pacific official website.
Brand/Importer Information:
AZL is the leader in North American Z scale locomotives and rolling stock. Since 2000, AZL has released a vast variety of freight, passenger and locomotives. AZL continues to push the boundaries of Z scale with amazing details and incredible performance. No matter if you are looking to run steam, or the most modern diesels, AZL has something for you.
Item created by: CNW400 on 2021-07-15 16:20:16. Last edited by CNW400 on 2021-07-15 16:20:17

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