Dear HO Scale Customers; Athearn has announced a new run of Bay Window Cabooses. Check them out!

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

A caboose is a railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. In a bay window caboose, the crew sits in the middle of the car in a section of wall that projects from the side of the caboose. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, hence the name. A bay window caboose afforded a better view of the side of the train and eliminated falling hazards.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

MODEL FEATURES:

 • Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion caboose truck per prototype

• Fine end handrails and ladders

• Clear windows

• Separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel

• Fully-assembled and ready to run

• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Weighted for trouble free operation

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Painted and printed for realistic decoration

• Minimum radius: 18”

Kansas City Southern

Guaranteed Reservation Date: August 30th, 2024

Expected Delivery Date: January 2026

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