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Micro-Trains - N Scale - 40 ft Box Car - Single Door - Freight Load - Union Pacific (UP) # 190579 - red with yellow lettering - (Oct 2011) (SKU 489-02000070-run7)

   This 40’ box car with single sliding door and freight load is painted UP synthetic red with Armour Yellow logo and slogan, as well as yellow lettering. It was built in May 1940, serviced in July 1960, and runs the Northwestern District on Bettendorf trucks. Union Pacific constructed a 1500-car fleet of the B-50-27 class in 1940. UP 190579 was built in the Grand Island Shops in May 1940, numbered into the 190000-196599 series and remained in interchange service for 30 years; however, there were a variety of paint schemes. Based on the use of the specific stenciling elements, this exact paint scheme would have been applied from 1958 through 1962.







$21.30 US