WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
Built in 1951, this 40' boxcar with ASF Ride Control trucks was shopped in 1953 and had a special paint scheme advertising a technological advancement that would later become commonplace - Roller Bearing trucks. Western Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1903 in order to offer another rail option to the established Utah routes of the Southern Pacific. WP was acquired in 1982 by Union Pacific Railroad.
