Prototype Era: 1978-Present
• All-New Tooling
• First of Five SP/SSW Classes • Detailed Interior with Seats, Bunks, Tables, etc.
• See-through End Platforms and Steps • Detailed Underbody with Full Brake Rigging
• Etched Metal Window Screens • Roof Mounted “Flying Saucer” Radio Antenna Ground Plane
• Flush Window Glazing • Wireform Grab Irons
• 50-Ton Trucks with Rotating Bearing Caps • Axle Generator Details
• Body-Mounted McHenry® scale knuckle-spring Couplers • Machined Metal RP25 Profile Wheel Sets
• Laser-Sharp Painting and Printing
• Unlighted cabooses will have LEDS installed in marker lights and wires leading to interior of caboose.
• Unlighted cabooses will not have interior lights included
• Unlighted Caboose will also include trucks with electrical pick-ups
• Access to interior of caboose with easily removable floor

Lighted Caboose Features:
• LED lighting for long life and reliable operation
• On-board Lighting System by Soundtraxx – Operates in DCC and Analog (DC) with lighting Functions Controllable in DCC
• Built-in Capacitor for No-Flicker Lighting • LED Interior Lights
• Directional Roof-Mount “Frogeye” Marker Lights (LED) • Supports Advanced Consisting in DCC
• Light intensity (marker and interior) independently adjustable via CVs
• Various classes will feature single or dual roof markers, or end-mount marker lights, per prototype and/or era.