Rapido Trains announced that it will be offering a Union Pacific 40-foot Alternating Center Rivet boxcar in HO scale. The release date for the model has yet to be announced.
The boxcar will be offered in three classes: B-50-39 (1947 as-delivered scheme with “Road of the Streamliners” and “Serves All the West” slogans and 1956+ repaint with large name and “Be Specific – Ship Union Pacific” slogan, both with 4/4 early improved Dreadnaught ends and a straight-panel roof), B-50-41 (1950 as-delivered scheme with “Road of the Streamliners” and “Be Specific – Ship Union Pacific” slogans and 1956+ repaint with large name and “Be Specific – Ship Union Pacific” slogan, both with R+3/4 early improved Dreadnaught ends and a diagonal-panel roof), and B-50-42 (1951 as-delivered scheme with “Road of the Streamliners” and “Be Specific – Ship Union Pacific” slogans and R+3/4 early improved Dreadnaught ends and a diagonal-panel roof). Each scheme will be offered in six to 12 road numbers.
Additional features on the UP boxcar will include correct handbrake styles and housings, American Steel Foundries Ride Control or Barber S-2 cast steel trucks, full underbody details, prototype-specific brake platform and running boards, turned metal wheels, and semi-scale couplers and draft-gear boxes.
Single cars will be priced at $54.95, and six-packs will sell for $329.70. For updates on Rapido’s HO scale Union Pacific Alternating Center Rivet 40-foot boxcars, visit rapidotrains.com.
