Manufacturer:
American Hi-Rail
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1993
Product Type:
Resin Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
Based on A.C. Gilbert A.F. #950. Body only; A.F. chassis available separately. The first photo of a model finished by Vic Roseman. The trucks are from American Models. The second photo is from the company's 1994 catalog (scanned by Eric Reis).
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8000
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Tuscan body color.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8013
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Pullman green body color.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8006
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8001
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
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Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8017
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8016
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8008
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Chicago & North Western (CNW)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8019
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8007
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
Model Introduced:
1993
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8011
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Milwaukee Road (MILW)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8020
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8005
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Two-tone gray paint scheme.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8004
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8018
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Pullman green.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8009
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
1620
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
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Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Tuscan red.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8010
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Pullman Green.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8014
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pullman
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Pullman-green body color.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8023
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8012
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Orange/red paint scheme.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8015
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set. Grey paint scheme.
Manufacturer:
American Models
Manufacturer ID:
8002
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
HWFM
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF)
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
8003
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Union Pacific (UP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Part of a 5-car set.
Manufacturer:
Exacta Scale Models
Manufacturer ID:
500
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1947
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The kit included photo-etched copper sides and ends (coated with lead on the interior side), stamped-brass floor, wooden roof, and white-metal details.
Manufacturer:
Instrument Design, Inc.
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Product Type:
Resin Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The PRR Railway Post Office car is a limited-run urethane kit that bears the IDI name imprinted inside the shell. Painting and application of decals were done by Bob Comstock in the late 1980s. American Flyer 6-wheel passenger trucks and couplers came with the kit. This model is a combined 70' railway post office and express car with typical PRR markings from the mid-1950s.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Pullman-green body color.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Canadian National (CN)
Model Introduced:
1993
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Chicago & North Western (CNW)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
Model Introduced:
1993
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Erie Railroad (ERIE)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Great Northern (GN)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GMO)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Milwaukee Road (MILW)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Note that the S-Helper Service version did not come with the silhouettes.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Missouri Pacific (MP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Two-tone gray paint scheme.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Green paint scheme. Available in 5-car set only.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Note that the S-Helper Service version did not come with the silhouettes.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pullman
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Pullman-green body color. Note that the S-Helper Service version did not come with the silhouettes.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Pullman
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service. Tuscan body color.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Union Pacific (UP)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
Manufacturer:
Scenery Unlimited
Manufacturer ID:
S104
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1988
Product Type:
Resin Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
65'
Notes:
These kits were reproduction Kinsman kits. The early production run had wooden roofs, but these were later released with resin roofs. The sides, ends, and floor are resin castings. The roof comes as one piece. Additionally, the kit includes one-piece plastic end railings, resin steps, truss rod stanchions, brakewheels, and two curved roof end pieces. The modeler needs to add truss rod wires, turnbuckles, underbody detail, end handrails, (stove) smokestacks, vents, acetate for the windows, trucks, and couplers.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
60'
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWM-0027
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1989
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
60'
Notes:
USRA.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWM-0026
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Great Northern (GN)
Model Introduced:
1989
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The originally unpainted model was made in Korea by Duck-Yoo Corp. Flagged as USRA Type II RPO #3 by SouthWind. The "2-4, 4-2" text on the box indicates the window arrangement on the sides of the car.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SMW-0020
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1989
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted & unpainted
Notes:
6-wheel trucks. It was available unpainted and factory-painted. Flagged as RPO #1 by SouthWind.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWM-0023
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Model Introduced:
1989
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The originally unpainted model was made in Korea by Duck-Yoo Corp. Flagged as RPO #2 by SouthWind.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
40'
Notes:
Photo #3 shows the model painted and lettered for Bill's freelance St. Louis Eastern & Pacific (SLE&P).
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
60'
Manufacturer:
Super Scale Models
Manufacturer ID:
SP-2
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Model Introduced:
1948
Product Type:
Craftsman Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
63'
Notes:
The model was based on a NYC prototype. Dick built it per the manufacturer's instructions, including clerestory vents and underbody fittings. He added hand grabs, steps, Kadee couplers, B.T.S. mail catchers, and S Scale Locomotive & Supply six-wheel trucks. Lettering is from a Champ decal set.
Manufacturer:
Trainstuff
Manufacturer ID:
24950
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) RPO
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Model Introduced:
1977
Product Type:
Wood/Resin Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Supplemental:
Notes:
The kit includes resin sides, milled basswood roof and floor, cast-metal ends, steps, and detailing parts. This model is based on the ARA MB (CNJ 365-74). One version of the kit included trucks and couplers, while another did not. Sam Powell did a product review of this car in the June 1979 Railroad Master Craftsman issue. Warning: the sides tend to warp, so it is best to store them such that they maintain their flatness, until you are ready to build them. The resin may turn brittle with age.