Over the years the design of the bay windows evolved and Bluford Shops is presenting four phases of these designs plus the iconic half-bay window edition. All five will be represented in this announcement. Ladders and running boards will be included on appropriate paint schemes for each version.

Cotton Belt received this group of phase 4 bay window cabooses from International Car in 1968. Southern Pacific had controlled the Cotton Belt since 1932 but it remained a separate company due in large part to traffic solicitation restrictions placed on the SP when they took control of the Central Pacific. These restrictions (which forced SP to preferentially solicit traffic for the Overland Route with UP instead of the Sunset Route) didn’t apply to Cotton Belt who could send as much traffic as they could over the Sunset Route. Mergers in the 80s made this a moot point and Cotton Belt merged into SP in 1992.

FEATURES:

• magnetically operating knuckle couplers 
• Fox Valley Models metal wheels
• wire grab irons
• window “glass”
• plenty of weight