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Micro-Trains - 149 00 190 - Passenger Car, Heavyweight, ACF Horse - Union Pacific - 1760

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Stock Number149 00 190
Secondary Stock Number149 00 190
Original Retail Price$34.90
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line
Body StyleMicro-Trains 149 Heavyweight Horse Car
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, Heavyweight, ACF Horse (Details)
Road or Company NameUnion Pacific (Details)
Road or Reporting Number1760
Paint Color(s)Two-Tone Gray and Black
Print Color(s)Whitr
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileStandard
Announcement Date2018-08-01
Release Date2018-08-01
Item CategoryPassenger Cars
Model TypeHeavyweight
Model SubtypeACF
Model VarietyHorse
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era II: Late Steam (1901 - 1938)
Years Produced1920 - 1940
Scale1/160
Track GaugeN standard



Specific Item Information: This 70’ heavyweight horse car is grey with white and black lettering and runs on 6-wheel passenger trucks. Built for Union Pacific in 1924, and was repainted into the postwar two-tone grey scheme in 1946. It was used to transport valuable race horses between race tracks and training facilities through the 1950s.
Model Information: The prototype for this model was built in 1928 by American Car & Foundry (ACF). As typical for heavyweight cars of this era, riding on two 3-axle trucks, these cars are of riveted steel construction. These cars allowed railroads to capitalize on the growing race horse business during the first half of the 20th Century. The interior had convertible gates to adjust to the size and value of the load and could carry as many as 24 horse safely. Later, these cars were used to transport vehicles, theater and circus props across the country.
Prototype History:
In the days of railroad-operated passenger trains mail and express shipments handled in baggage, RPO and express boxcars was big business. One of the more unique commodities hauled on passenger trains was horses. In the 1920s heavyweight horse cars were purchased by several lines to haul racehorses and other high-value equines. Features of these cars included end doors and three side baggage doors. Inside movable partitions could be arranged to fit the load. Thanks to their unique doors and partitions, later in their lives these cars also handled theatrical props, circus animals and autos and many lasted into the 1960s.
Road Name History:
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad network is the largest in the United States and employs 42,600 people. It is also one of the world's largest transportation companies.

Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP); both are headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Over the years Union Pacific Corporation has grown by acquiring other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Southern Pacific (including the Denver & Rio Grande Western).

Union Pacific Corporation's main competitor is the BNSF Railway, the nation's second largest freight railroad, which also primarily services the Continental U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Together, the two railroads have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the U.S.

Read more on Wikipedia and on Union Pacific official website.
Brand/Importer Information: Micro-Trains is the brand name used by both Kadee Quality Products and Micro-Trains Line. For a history of the relationship between the brand and the two companies, please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide.
Manufacturer Information:
Micro-Trains Line split off from Kadee Quality Products in 1990. Kadee Quality Products originally got involved in N-Scale by producing a scaled-down version of their successful HO Magne-Matic knuckle coupler system. This coupler was superior to the ubiquitous 'Rapido' style coupler due to two primary factors: superior realistic appearance and the ability to automatically uncouple when stopped over a magnet embedded in a section of track. The success of these couplers in N-Scale quickly translated to the production of trucks, wheels and in 1972 a release of ready-to-run box cars.

Micro-Trains Line Co. split off from Kadee in 1990 to form a completely independent company. For this reason, products from this company can appear with labels from both enterprises. Due to the nature of production idiosyncrasies and various random factors, the rolling stock from Micro-Trains can have all sorts of interesting variations in both their packaging as well as the products themselves. When acquiring an MTL product it is very important to understand these important production variations that can greatly enhance (or decrease) the value of your purchase.

Please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide
Item created by: gdm on 2018-08-02 13:48:16. Last edited by George on 2024-01-26 20:29:08

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