Dear HO Scale Modelers: We know many of you are waiting paitiently for the arrival of the new Pointe St Charles Cabooses. Trueline Trains had the test samples at the Springfield Train Show 3 weeks ago. He has sent us some images you can look at below. There were a few issues with regard to the paint and graphics on the cabooses that were pointed out, and they have been corrected on the final models coming in April i.e. spacing of numbers and font, black sill paint, and sides of end hand rails will be white.

90% of all of the Cabooses we have coming (over 900) are sold out. So if you want a specific road or road number, we would suggest getting any last minute orders be placed now.

Enjoy

Dear HO Scale Customers, we realize many of you have been asking [us] when specific Trueline Trains items will be [released]. We talked to Darren @ Trueline Trains yesterday and he has given us an updated schedule for the delivery of the next 5 projects. The Pointe St Charles Cabooses will arrived at Trueline Trains in Feb 2016.

Trueline Trains apologized for the delays, but in order to produce product properly it sometimes takes longer than anticipated. [several other items as well, such as the sudden drop of the US dollar, non-paying customers and delays in china]
    We should also point out (without going into details) that Darren, the owner over at Trueline Trains has had other personal and family related issues to deal with,  which are of greater importance than model trains. I'm sure many of our customers realize family and health come first.   This is not to forego many business obstacles that have been presented over the last 2 years.  Darren is very open about most of this and has welcomed people to contact him by email ([email protected]) or phone 905-738-6556905-738-6556  if they have any further questions.

As expected, demand for this model has been very high. Combined with the small production run of these, they are all sold out at TrueLine Trains. PWRS has a limited number of these still available for reservation by modelers. Additionally, our 5 PWRS Exclusive road numbers are selling quickly, there are only 50 copies of each being made. Modelers who wish to get one of these need to order quickly before they are all sold out.

ABOVE: The CN / BC Rail Assigned Cabooses for Tumbler Ridge Great to be used with North American Railcar Corporation 4000 cu ft Canadian Coal Gondolas - PWRS Exclusive - 2 road numbers available

ABOVE: A one of a kind "Lets Roll....America" Caboose. Details on how this caboose came to be lettered like this are unclear, and it is only lettered this way on one side. It is certainly unique both in real life and in modeling. PWRS Exclusive model.

ABOVE: PWRS Exclusive road number

ABOVE: PWRS Exclusive road number

This Pointe St. Charles cabooses are a truly unique take on the caboose. Named for the Canadian National shops at which they were built, 548 were produced between 1970 and 1977.

Instead of building from scratch, Canadian National started with 40 boxcars, striping them down to the frame and trucks, and then building back up from there. The result was a modern caboose offering the crews that used them both a safe and efficient working environment and a comfortable living environment.

The design turned out to be very practical and durable. While Canadian National built many for themselves, many were also built for other railroads across Canada, and even a few in the United States.

ABOVE: Example of the International Cabooses for cross border trafic

ABOVE: Example of an Operation Life Saver Caboose

Today, sadly, The caboose is seldom seen in railroading. However it will always have a special place in the heart of railroaders and modelers alike.

• Cupola extends only a couple of inches from the main car body
• Cupola end windows are tilted inward and feature windshield wipers
• One large fixed picture window on each body end that is tilted slightly upward to control glare each with a large single windshield wiper
• Two large fixed picture windows on each carbody side
• On the right side, in addition to a battery box, two additional smaller body side windows are installed
• Red and green marker lights are on each roof end in each corner
  
• A pair of clear back-up lights is positioned on the lower end railings. These lights were typically used for reverse moves and were sometimes used at night or in foggy or snowy conditions

These great cabooses were offered a few years ago in brass. As great as brass is, it is still expensive and many modelers were not able to purchase the cabooses they would have liked. Even those modelers who did buy some of the brass versions, were not able to buy as many as they wanted.

There was a project underway to bring these out in plastic by a company that recently "ceased to operate". When that company "ceased to operate", it took that project and those deposits with it. Neither Pacific Western Rail Systems or TrueLine Trains can honor those orders or deposits.

TrueLine Trains is producing a variety of road names, schemes and road number to choose from. Additionally, Pacific Western Rail Systems has arranged for five PWRS Exclusive versions of the caboose that were used and seen the Western Canada area with Canadian National and BC Rail. These were frequently seen in operation with our 4000cf Canadian Coal Gondolas.

All products in this release are limited production run, first ordered, first filled items. The PWRS Exclusive models are limited to a production run of 50 each and there are only 100 to 200 of each of the rest of the models being produced by TrueLine Trains. This is the entire production run for ALL stores, not just PWRS.

 PLEASE NOTE:

TrueLine has already committed to the number of copies to be made and can not increase the number of copies being made. Modelers who want a specific caboose should order now. The cabooses are sold in multipacks and preference to filling orders will be for modeler ordering the complete set. Orders for modelers ordering specific single road numbers will be filled as much as possible, but PWRS reserves the right to substitute road numbers based on available stock.

SPECIAL NOTE:

There are a number of modelers who have approached us at shows and told us about the monies they have lost due the situation with CMT. If you have a paid copy of your deposit (Proof you paid them for a Caboose) of your order from CMT, call us and we can see if we can help, ask for Dan. Or e mail him at [email protected]

Order Now - Very Limited Numbers Left!

Expected Release: February 2016

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JMP