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Con-Cor - 0001-04021K - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO - Erie Lackawanna

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Stock Number0001-04021K
Secondary Stock Number4021K
Tertiary Stock Number01-4021K
BrandCon-Cor
ManufacturerCon-Cor
Body StyleCon-Cor Passenger Smoothside RPO PS
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO (Details)
Road or Company NameErie Lackawanna (Details)
Paint Color(s)Gray, Maroon and Black
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Wheel TypeChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Multipack ID Number0001-004027
Item CategoryPassenger Cars
Model TypeLightweight/Streamlined
Model SubtypeSmoothside
Model VarietyRPO PS
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Model Information: This model was designed by Con-Cor in the 1980s. It is modeled after the Pullman Standard RPO-Baggage built for GN in 1947. It has has 3 double-windows, located at one end of the car, and 2 doors. This model is still produced by Con-Cor.
It is not to be confused with an older RPO designed by Con-Cor and that is no longer produced. The older model has 5 windows in the middle of the car, and 3 doors.
Prototype History:
When lightweight cars came to the Pullman fleet in the early 1940s, their smooth sides lent themselves to classy, colorful paint schemes. Baggage cars operated on everything from premier trains to mail runs from coast to coast, normally mixing with the head-end cars of connecting lines.

RPO cars were built to government specifications by the railroads, which owned these cars and were paid by U.S. Post Office contracts per mile of running time. They were staffed by specially-trained, armed U.S. Postal Clerks, who referred to their runs by the cities between which they operated: north to south or east to west, with north-south taking precedence.
Road Name History:
The Erie Lackawanna Railway (reporting mark EL), known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official motto of the line was "The Friendly Service Route".

Like many railroads in the northeast already financially vulnerable from the expanding U.S. Interstate Highway System, the line was severely weakened fiscally by the extent, duration and record flood levels due to Hurricane Agnes in 1972. It would never recover, and most of the corporation's holdings were subsumed into the federal rescue purchases creating Conrail in 1976, ending its days as an operating railroad company.

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Brand/Importer Information:
Con-Cor has been in business since 1962. Many things have changed over time as originally they were a complete manufacturing operation in the USA and at one time had upwards of 45 employees. They not only designed the models,but they also built their own molds, did injection molding, painting, printing and packaging on their models.

Currently, most of their manufacturing has been moved overseas and now they import 90% of their products as totally finished goods, or in finished components. They only do some incidental manufacturing today within the USA.

Important Note: The Con-Cor product numbering can be very confusing. Please see here in the article how to properly enter Con-Cor stock numbers in the TroveStar database.
Item created by: gdm on 2017-10-29 19:46:35. Last edited by gdm on 2020-12-18 09:37:00

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