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Union Pacific Lightweight Passenger

| January 31, 2019 | 0 Comments

Lightweight Passenger CarsAmerican Z line is excited to announce the first series of lightweight passenger cars. This first release is for the iconic Union Pacific. These cars represent all new tooling. There are eight different body styles as part of the first release.

The cars are highly detailed with etched metal stirrups, flush window glazing, close coupling, and fine add-on details such as antennas. Each car is equipped with AZL’s AutoLatch TM couplers. One prototype specific detail that should be mentioned is the UP cars come with the green tinted glass that was typical of the prototype UP cars. The dome cars do include interior details.

The UP cars represent those cars that ran across the UP system. These cars could also be found on many of the named trains such as the City of Los Angeles, City of Portland and City of San Francisco. Also, a special note is that this run includes three cars for other railroads that intermixed with the UP. Look for a car from the Southern Pacific, C&NW and Wabash, all in UP yellow!

January 31, 2019 note: From deep in the AZL vaults, we have two early version UP EMD E8s. These are lacking the cooling shields above the vents. AZL has been waiting for the lightweight cars to release these E8s. Well the day is here!

 

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Union Pacific Lightweight Cars:

AZL #Car Description | NameCar Name | Number
73008-14-4-2 SleeperPULLMAN IMPERIAL CAPE
73008-24-4-2 SleeperPULLMAN IMPERIAL ROBE
73008-34-4-2 SleeperPULLMAN IMPERIAL BEACH
73008-44-4-2 SleeperPULLMAN IMPERIAL ROCK
73008-54-4-2 SleeperSOUTHERN PACIFIC | SP 9112
73108-16-6-4 SleeperPULLMAN AMERICAN EAGLE
73108-26-6-4 SleeperPULLMAN AMERICAN FLYER
73108-36-6-4 SleeperPULLMAN AMERICAN COMMAND
73108-46-6-4 SleeperPULLMAN AMERICAN ACE
73108-56-6-4 SleeperUP (C&NW) | PULLMAN AMERICAN BRIGADE
73108-66-6-4 SleeperUP (C&NW) | PULLMAN NATIONAL HOMES
73408-1Dome7000
73408-2Dome7004
73408-3Dome7009
73508-1Diner4809
73508-2Diner4811
73608-1Baggage5724
73608-2Baggage5742
73708-0Coach
73708-1Coach5421
73708-2Coach5437
73808-1Observation1575
73808-2Observation1576
73908-1MailRAILWAY POST OFFICE 5900
73908-2MailRAILWAY POST OFFICE 5902

Category: Lightweight Passenger