I would like to know if any manufacturer produced, or plans to produce, the Union Pacific boxcar that was used in Excursion Train service. I don't know if there was more than one boxcar. I have ordered the seven car passenger set Lionel has catalogued and I would like to add that boxcar.
Many thanks
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I seem to recall that MTH made a similar "passenger service" express boxcar that sort of looked like that, but not with that exact styling (it had the U.S. Postal Service logo on it). At any rate, the UP steam operation no longer has that specific car, as it was cornered and scrapped down in Texas about 4 years ago. Somebody didn't properly "tie it down", and it rolled out towards a live track, and got crashed by a passing freight train.
Hot Water,
Thanks for the info on that car. It is amazing to me how much you know about all of this stuff. Thanks for putting up with my teasing. You really are a railroad encyclopedia. No kidding. Perhaps I can find that car body and paint one. That would be a great project.
Eliot
MTH/RH had a larger box painted into this livery. Of course, Donald Duck, would not use because it is not scale.
As I recall, MTH made several of those. I believe they were 60-footers, but I think they were single-door cars. I suspect it wouldn't be too hard to carve one into a double-door car, but per HW's reply I guess it would be a moot point modernly.
Hot Water posted:I seem to recall that MTH made a similar "passenger service" express boxcar that sort of looked like that, but not with that exact styling (it had the U.S. Postal Service logo on it). At any rate, the UP steam operation no longer has that specific car, as it was cornered and scrapped down in Texas about 4 years ago. Somebody didn't properly "tie it down", and it rolled out towards a live track, and got crashed by a passing freight train.
That stinks, as something similar happened to several of the former Freedom Train baggage cars in a UP yard in the 90s.
Was that the same boxcar used on most UP steam trips? I'd always wondered about that as I'd seen either it or ones like it on several of their trips over the years...
Last time I saw it was when 844 came up to WA state, as barely seen behind the 844's aux (former turbine) tender:
Scrapiron,
I believe the attached may be what everyone is speaking of. I use it always with my U.P. passenger consists, mixture of Lionel and MTH 18" streamline.
Jesse TCA
Here's a picture of the damaged UP boxcar described above:
I think it was a neat car. It should have been easy for the Steam Team to fix.......well, never mind!
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