PROTOTYPE INFO

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provided shelter for the rear end crew. From the cupola or bay windows, the crew could keep a look-out for shifting loads, damaged equipment, and overheating axles. This was long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. As rail cars became larger in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a real need for cabooses to have greater visibility for the crew. In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose, the sides of the cupola project beyond the side of the car body. This model was introduced by the International Car Company and saw service on most U.S. railroads. The expanded cupola allowed the crew to see past the top of the taller cars that began to appear after World War II, and also increased the roominess of the cupola area.

 

ICC CABOOSE FEATURES:

• Better than brass detail™ including roadname and road number specific detail Laser-Sharp Painting and Printing

• Interior seating for the addition of crew figures.

• See-through End Platforms and Steps

• Flush Window Glazing

• Wire-form Grab Irons

• Caboose trucks with animated rotating bearing or static friction bearing caps

• Axle Generator Details

• Body-Mounted McHenry® scale knuckle-spring Couplers

• Machined Metal RP25 Profile Wheel Sets

• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box

• Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Separate wireform grab irons, etched metal coupler platforms

• Coupler lift bars, trainline hoses, brake hoses, and hardware

• Full underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details

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

• Weighted for trouble-free operation

• Window packaging for easy viewing, plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage

• Multiple road numbers

• Minimum radius: 18”

 

SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:

• Soundtraxx Tsunami SoundCar decoder w/ included sounds:

- Air horn or conductor’s whistle as appropriate

- Clickety-clack with optional wheel flat spot sounds

- Brake set/release sounds including retainers and brake squeal

- ”Big Hole” emergency brake application sound

- Handbrake tie-down/release

- Adjustable flange squeal

• Air, horn, and bell sounds work seamlessly Equipped with DCC, Sound & Lightstraxx locomotive sound decoders

• Supports Advanced Consisting in DCC

• Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode

• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode

 

LED LIGHT EQUIPPED FEATURES:

• LED lighting for long life and reliable operation

• On-board DCC Decoder by NCE

– Operates in DCC and Analog (DC) with lighting Functions Controllable in DCC

• Various classes will feature single or dual roof markers, or end-mount marker lights, per prototype and/or era

• LED Interior Lights

• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode

 

ATSF version features sliding cupola side windows

 

 

Modernized versions without roofwalks

 

All models feature highly detail end platforms

 

 

ATSF FEATURES:

• Brand NEW ICC ATSF CE-8 or CE-11 Style body

• Illuminated marker lights

• 999801 features white cupola, denoting transfer service

• Window wipers on the cupola

• Cushion underframe

• Roller bearing caboose trucks with accurate axle generator

• Firecracker antenna

• Overhanging, X-Panel roof

 

 

 

 

B&O FEATURES:

• Brand NEW ICC B&O Style body

• Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

• Reflectors on end cages

• Overhanging, diagonal-panel roof with or without blank panel for smoke jack per prototype

• Etched window screens

• Toilet Drain

• Ash pans

• Early style axle-driven generator

• Illuminated marker lights

 

 

B&O Chessie FEATURES:

• Brand NEW ICC B&O Style body

• Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

• Reflectors on end cages

• Overhanging, diagonal-panel roof with blank panel for smoke jack for the safety caboose

• Overhanging, x-panel roof for the B&O Chessie caboose Chessie C-3930 features unique safety logo - White tracks on a black background Chessie C-3774 “Chartreuse Caboose” - Unique safety slogan and Chartreuse Green and Silver Paint

• Angled window screens

• Toilet Drain

• Ash pans

• Early style axle-driven generator

• Illuminated marker lights

 

 

SP/SSW FEATURES:

• C-50-5 body. First time in service version with ACI plate/COTS panel

• First time single roof-mounted marker lights on Southern Pacific models

• Improved Southern Pacific herald lettering font

• Single roof-mounted marker light on Cotton Belt models

• Accurate roof antenna and smoke jack SP C-50-5 bay window cabooses are survivors. Built in 1974, these cabooses received a few modifications in the late 1970s while they saw service on the SP. These cars represent one of the few surviving classes that can be spotted to this day. SP #1971 currently survives on the modern NWP in Northern California.

 

Order Due Date: January 24, 2020

Anticipated Delivery Date: July 2020

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