Dear HO Scale Customers; Athearn has announced a new run of 28ft Parcel Trailers. Check them out!

UPS (w/Logo)

UPS (without Logo)

United Parcel Service of America, Inc.,(AKA UPS), is an American global package delivery company headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia. It delivers more than 15 million packages a day to more than 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the world. UPS commonly refers to its tractor-trailers as “feeders”. All company-owned trailers are painted gray. UPS trailers come in a variety of lengths. The shortest trailers (also known as “pups”) are 28’. There are three different types of feeders: Flatbed, Drop Frame, and Trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC); the latter are put onto railroad cars.

Roadway Services Inc. (RSI) was created in 1982 as a holding company by national less than truckload (LTL) carrier Roadway Express. Roadway Express was initially RSI’s only subsidiary but in 1984 the company acquired short-haul carrier Spartan Express Inc., then specialized truckload carrier Nationwide Carriers Inc., and finally in 1984, it purchased Roberts Express, a same-day critical trucking company, from Emery Air Freight. With both truckload and LTL services available via its subsidiaries, in 1985 RSI founded a package delivery service, Roadway Package System (RPS) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. RPS was intended to out-compete the package delivery services of UPS by structuring itself for lower costs. By 1988, RPS covered 70% of the US from 130 terminals.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Fully assembled

• Razor-sharp printing and painting

• Use with Athearn truck tractor

Guaranteed Reservation Date: November 24th, 2023

Estimated Delivery Date: April 2025

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