Louisville & Nashville mail car model

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Description

The prototype for this model train car is a Louisville & Nashville Railroad Railway Post Office (RPO) car. This model train is an HO-scale model, which stands for Half-O gauge. Each HO-scale model is 1/87th of the full-size prototype.

A surviving example of a Louisville & Nashville Railroad RPO car is car #1100, currently on exhibit at the Steamtown National Historic Site at Scranton, Pennsylvania. The builder was American Car and Foundry Company in 1914. It is an example of a first-generation steel-body RPO car.

Date

1914-1957

Object number

0.234863.135

Type

Transportation Equipment & Models

Medium

wood; metal

Dimensions

Height x Width x Depth: 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (4.45 × 3.18 × 23.5 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Transportation

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8c4372877-92a8-4830-90a9-749c59bcd3c5

Record ID

npm_0.234863.135