Boxcar 40' WP #19537

Built in 1951, this 40’ boxcar with ASF Ride Control trucks was shopped in 1953 and had a special paint scheme advertising a technological advancement that would later become commonplace – Roller Bearing trucks. Western Pacific was a Class 1 Railroad formed in 1903 in order to offer another rail option to the established Utah routes of the Southern Pacific. WP was acquired in 1982 by Union Pacific Railroad.