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Discussion about the Union Pacific operations past and present. Official site can be found here: UPRR.COM.

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 #1181480  by The tram man
 
Not sure if this is where this topic belongs, but anyway...

When i recently started to watch "Union Pacific Odyssey volume 1" again i started noticing things i didn't see when i was younger, and this was the one that struck me the most: unpainted stainless steel RPO's in UP mail trains. I couldn't find any pictures of these cars in UP markings so i started thinking they weren't from UP at all, but where simply through cars. That was until i found a link to flickr that stated that this...
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...was a former Union Pacific RPO of the 5903-5911 series. And as i am still unable to find any pictures of them in UP colours, i am wondering if anyone here knows where i can find some?
 #1181804  by The tram man
 
Wow, thanks. That's actually pretty good looking, even though i prefer the armor yellow colours.