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 lookout for shifting loads, damaged equipment, and overheating axles, this was long required for switching and shunting. 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 and 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”

 

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

 

SOUND EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:

• Soundtraxx Tsunami SoundCar decoder w/ included sounds:

- Air horn or trainline air 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 with Soundtraxx locomotive sound decoders

• Supports advanced consisting in DCC

• Full DCC functions available when operated in DCC mode

• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode

 

CSX FEATURES:

CSX 903959 and 903966 features:

• First time CSX “Operation Redblock / Operation Lifesaver” scheme (each side has a different slogan). Used by CSX as shoving platforms.

• Removed window screens and generator

• Era early 1990s+

• End cages with no marker lights or reflectors

• Class C27

 

CSX 903983 features:

• Special “Spirit of Grafton” paint scheme

• Axle generator

• End cage marker lights and small square marker lights on each end

 

 

B&O FEATURES:

• Etched window screens

• Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

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

• Early style axle-driven generator

• Toilet Drain

• Ash pans

• Reflectors on end cages

 

B&O Chessie FEATURES:

• Brand NEW ICC B&O Style body

• Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

• Illuminated marker lights, where appropriate

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

• Overhanging, x-panel roof for the B&O Chessie caboose

• Angled window screens

• Toilet Drain

• Reflectors on end cages

• Early style axle-driven generator

• Ash pans

Chessie #3835, #3887, #3915 features: First time ever C26A version. Dayco axle generator with notched undeframe.

Chessie C-3771 “Gold Caboose” - Unique safety slogan and Gold and Silver Paint

 

Order Due Date: June 26, 2020

Anticipated Delivery Date: June 2021

 

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