86211 CP Rail (MILW) single car, 86212 2-pack. CP Rail ’s auto parts fleet includes former Milwaukee Road cars like these. The single and one car in the 2-pack have the lettering arrangement shown above. The other car in the 2-pack has the CP Rail name a few panels to the right as on the prototype for its road number. The painted door bars and area around the door latches on this batch seems to be unique to CP Rail.
86221 Union Pacific single car, 86222 2-pack. In 1983, the merger-enlarged Union Pacific adopted this paint scheme. Cars from the WP and MoPac fleets carried their original road numbers. The single car has a UP number while the 2-pack has Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific road numbers. Note the variations in placement of other lettering. Even the logo on the UP car is in a different place. This kind of variation seems to be common on today ’s Union Pacific fleet.
86201 Chicago & North Western -Yellow single car, 86202 2-pack.In 1980, Chicago & North Western changed from boxcar red to this yellow and black scheme with a three-color logo on many boxcars. The C&NW logos also changed over the years. These cars were delivered in brown with yellow and black “Chicago and North
Western Railway ”logos which was later replaced by “Employee -North Western -Owned ” but by the time these cars were painted yellow, they had long since switched to “Chicago and North Western System.”
May, 2009 Announcements...
We are now taking pre-orders on these N scale runs. See your dealer! Delivery is set for Autumn of '09. Projected MSRP: $24.95 for single cars, $49.90 for 2-packs.
Products bearing Union Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western, Cotton Belt, Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific marks
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