Equipment Information

Union Pacific T8 is an all-steel baggage/RPO (Railway Post Office) trailer. It was designed by William McKeen of the Union Pacific to be hauled behind a self-propelled gas-powered passenger car and is a very early example of streamlined railroad car design.

Builder: McKeen
Year built: 1908
Length: 30ft 10in
Width: 10ft
Height: ??
Weight: 27700 lbs
Brakes: ??
Trucks: MCB
Description: Steel Baggage-RPO / Motor Car Trailer
Arrived: 1999
Condition: Incomplete / unrestored / not operational

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