Athearn ATH88223 HO Heavyweight RPO, Union Pacific #1498

$23.77

SKU: ath88223 Category: Passenger Cars

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Athearn HO Heavyweight RPO, Union Pacific #1498

Athearn Item #: ATH88223

MODEL FEATURES:

Separately applied brake wheel

6-wheel passenger car trucks

3 Pack includes: RPO, Diner, Observation Car

Coach in the 3-pack has a different road number than the single

Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours

Weighted for optimum performance

Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers

Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

Painted and printed for realistic decoration

Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

The so-called “heavyweight” passenger cars were introduced by Pullman in 1907 and had gained widespread acceptance by railroads in the 1910s. The use of steel as the primary car building material not only increased the strength and longevity of the cars, but also reduced the risk of fires from the wood and coal-burning stoves of the era. Even after newer cars were introduced, many of the heavyweight cars survived into the 60s and 70s on secondary runs or in MOW service.