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Red Caboose - RN-16010-07 - Flatcar, 40 Foot - Union Pacific - 55397, 55402

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N Scale - Red Caboose - RN-16010-07 - Flatcar, 40 Foot - Union Pacific - 55397, 55402
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Stock NumberRN-16010-07
Original Retail Price$16.95
BrandRed Caboose
ManufacturerRed Caboose
Body StyleRed Caboose Flatcar 42 Foot Fishbelly
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleFlatcar, 40 Foot (Details)
Road or Company NameUnion Pacific (Details)
Reporting MarksUP
Road or Reporting Number55397, 55402
Paint Color(s)Freight Red and Tan
Print Color(s)Yellow
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
MultipackYes
Multipack Count2
Multipack ID NumberRN-16010-07
Release Date2000-10-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeFlatcar
Model Subtype42 Foot
Model VarietyFishbelly
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era II: Late Steam (1901 - 1938)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: This Red Caboose 42’ Fish Belly Flat Car is painted freight car red with yellow lettering. The models are packaged as a two-pack, and are equipped with MicroTrains® trucks and couplers.
Model Information: Cars are sold in pairs. Each package contains two unique road numbers. 3-Packs contain 6 Ready-To-run cars with 6 different road numbers. All flat cars are weighted and come with Red Caboose Bettendorf Friction Bearing trucks. They have Magnematic® couplers.
Prototype History:
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry extra heavy or extra large loads are mounted on a pair (or rarely, more) of bogeys under each end . The deck of the car can be wood or steel, and the sides of the deck can include pockets for stakes or tie-down points to secure loads. Flatcars designed for carrying machinery have sliding chain assemblies recessed in the deck.

Flatcars are used for loads that are too large or cumbersome to load in enclosed cars such as boxcars. They are also often used to transport intermodal containers (shipping containers) or trailers as part of intermodal freight transport shipping.

40 foot flatcars became the standard length at the end of the 19th century when most railcars adopted similar proportions. The 40 foot railcar was the predominant freight car up until the second world war, when flatcars, boxcars and gondolas all stepped up to a more modern 50 foot length.
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:
Originally Red Caboose was a manufacturer of HO and N Scale model railroading items. It was located in Mead, Colorado, and was founded in 1990 by Leon Fairbanks. Red Caboose manufactured highly accurate, well detailed N, HO, and O Scale freight cars and locomotives.

Red Caboose closed its doors in January of 2015. Red Caboose N Scale has been sold to Fox Valley Models and HO was sold to InterMountain Railway. Many of the Red Caboose toolings have seen re-releases from Fox Valley since the acquisition. We just wish they would clean up the underframes. Red Caboose always went light on the details where they thought people wouldn't look.
Manufacturer Information: While they were in business, Red Caboose split its production runs between the US and China. Which models were produced where was a function of which body style and which run. Furthermore, which Chinese company was used for production is something we would love to find out.
Item created by: gdm on 2017-10-16 13:52:04. Last edited by gdm on 2020-05-26 16:09:58

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