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.
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