920-9208 WalthersProto 85' ACF Baggage Car - Council Bluffs #5769 - Union Pacific

85' ACF Baggage Car - Council Bluffs #5769 - Union Pacific(R) Heritage Fleet

Built by St. Louis Car in 1962 as a postal storage car, number 5769 was reassigned to a proposed but short-lived express service in 1969, and transfered to the maintenance fleet in 1970. Renumbered to #904304 in 1973, it was refitted as a rolling shop to support the Heritage Fleet steam excursions in 1981.

A key part of Union Pacific's public relations programs, 48 historic passenger cars, three restored steam locomotives and an A-B-A set of E9 diesels make up the famed Heritage Fleet. Many were originally purchased for the City Streamliners, and have been carefully restored and updated to full operating condition. Today, the cars and E9s are finished in a modern Armour Yellow scheme, and the cars carry names of important cities, famous trains and key people in the railroad's long history. In service, these rolling goodwill ambassadors travel system-wide and beyond, to attend a wide range of public and special events every year.

• Ideal for fan trips and excursions
• UP excursion programs
• Car names, numbers and full-color graphics printed from the factory as needed
• Handles installed from the factory
• Prototypically accurate window tinting
• Correct 36" RP-25 machined metal wheels
• Extended drawbars for 22" (559 mm) radius curves included
• Proto MAX™ metal articulated joints

PLEASE NOTE: As these cars are the correct prototype length, a minimum 24" (610 mm) radius is recommended for operation.