Brass Sides - Union Pacific -- 44-Seat ACF Chair Cars UP #5450-87, CNW #3477-82

Photo-etched brass sides for streamlined passenger cars. Window openings and grab iron holes are etched through, with additional etched details on the surface. Undecorated kit can be used with either Basic (#173-101) or Deluxe (#173-102) Body Kits, or the Rivarossi "1930" 85' streamlined coach or sleeper as an overlay conversion. Comes with instructions. The student of Union Pacific post-war passenger train operation and equipment may be forgiven for a certain confusion on the identities the various series of 44-seat coaches ordered by that road. Harold Ranks and Bill Kratville in their monumental "Union Pacific Streamliners" list and illustrate no fewer than six series of cars totaling 162 units from all four of the domestic builders. They are: UP 5400-5449 (50 cars) PS 1950 UP 5450-5487 (38 cars) ACF 1953 (CNW 3477-82 very similar) UP 5488-5507 (20 cars) St. Louis Car 1960 UP 5508-5527 (20 cars) Budd 1960 UP 5528-5542 (15 cars) St. Louis Car