WalthersProto HO heavyweight RPO-baggage car
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $94.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
WalthersProto HO heavyweight RPO-baggage car features:
- 30-foot postal apartment with mailbag stanchions, sorting cases, and more
- Based on prototypes in service from 1914 to 1970s
- Clear window glazing
- Detailed underbody with separate brake gear, generator, steam traps, and more
- Factory-installed and painted wire grab irons
- Factory-printed car numbers
- Modeler-installed plastic catcher arms
- Solid-bearing trucks with built-in electrical contacts
- Sprung plastic diaphragms
- Turned metal wheelsets mounted on plastic axles
Release date: Available now
Road names: Painted Pullman Green but unlettered (clerestory and arched roof), Chesapeake & Ohio (green and tri-color paint scheme), Illinois Central (brown and orange), New York Central (two-tone gray), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray). Two road numbers per paint scheme.
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