
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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