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Micro-Trains - 985 51 608 - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - 131

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N Scale - Micro-Trains - 985 51 608 - Passenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - 131 Image Courtesy of Micro-Trains Line and irwinsjournal.com
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Stock Number985 51 608
Original Retail Price$29.95
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerCon-Cor
Body StyleCon-Cor Passenger Smoothside RPO PS
Prototype VehiclePassenger Car, Lightweight, Pullman RPO (Details)
Road or Company NameRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (Details)
Reporting MarksRBBX
Road or Reporting Number131
Paint Color(s)White
Print Color(s)Red
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileStandard
Multipack ID Number993 00 053
Multipack Element1
Series NameRunner Pack
Series Release/Issue Number53
Announcement Date2010-10-01
Release Date2011-06-01
Item CategoryPassenger Cars
Model TypeLightweight/Streamlined
Model SubtypeSmoothside
Model VarietyRPO PS
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Although this model is of a smoothside prototype, Micro-Trains put 3-axle trucks on these which are likely the Buckeye trucks they designed for their own heavyweight models.
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:
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor shows ran from 1871 to 2017. Known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, the circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, a circus created by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey, was merged with the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. The Ringling brothers had purchased Barnum & Bailey Ltd. following Bailey's death in 1906, but ran the circuses separately until they were merged in 1919.

From Wikipedia
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.
Item created by: gdm on 2016-01-15 14:56:27. Last edited by meadowsn1956 on 2023-08-17 18:12:54

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