RARE - 50' Plug Door Box Car Union Pacific UP 498051

Union Pacific®

Road Number UP 498051 - Logo "automated rail way"

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This 50’ standard box car with plug door is painted yellow with aluminum roof and ends. It bears the red, white and blue UP shield, multi-colored ‘automated rail way’ logo, and is lettered in black. It was built in August 1963 at UP’s Omaha Shops and runs on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The UP “automated rail way” map design was approved in 1962: It projected an image of modern safety and efficiency resulting from the UP’s newly installed system of automated operational controls. The “Automated” map was applied only to smooth side boxcars and autocars to highlight their cushion load underframes. Even though the UP “We can Handle It” slogan replaced the “automated rail way” in 1970, many cars with the attractive map design remained running on the system.

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