Wheels of Time - N Scale - Arched Roof Baggage-Express Car -- Western Pacific (1923 Press Steel Co) #128 (SKU 805-184)
Available On: October 1, 2009
Features: ► Utility vent roof
► 4-wheel trucks
► Ply-metal doors
► Fishbelly underframe
► Flat ends.
► Railroad had very similar cars but not exact prototype.
Some quick notes: Western Pacific's seldom photographed arched roof baggage cars were Harriman like in a lot of respects. Constructed in 1923 by the Press Steel Company, and numbered 121 to 140, they carried the all important L.C.L. express package business, company mail and baggage. They were equipped with Utility roof vents. Heavyweight baggage-express cars were used on trains such as the Royal Gorge from St. Louis to Oakland (a joint MP-Rio Grande-WP train) or the Exposition Flyer - inaugurated on 10th of June 1939 to the Golden Gate International Exposition from Chicago Union Station (a joint CB&Q-Rio Grande-WP train).
