Athearn Genesis - HO Scale - International Car Company CA-9 Caboose - Equipped w/DCC, Tsunami SoundCar & LED Lights - Union Pacific (UP) #906251 - Green/Red With Black Lettering (SKU 141-78354)
Available On: February 1, 2023
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Built by International Car Company in 1967, UP’s CA-9 class numbered 100 cabooses. The cars were very similar to the earlier CA-8 and later CA- 10 designs, but had minor differences in end cages and windows. The cars originally featured square safety slogans, and these were later changed to rectangular slogans. The eye-catching safety slogans made the cars distinctive; the later slogan boards were removable and could be swapped from car to car, meaning that certain road numbers wore several over the course of their lives.
Union Pacific CA-8 Caboose FEATURES:
• Caboose trucks with swing arms, friction or animated roller bearing bearing caps as prototype appropriate
• Various safety slogans, in both early banner style with green lettering and late vinyl decal with special graphics
• Sliding cupola side windows
• 25576 is offered in an early CA-8 Pool service configuration
• Cupola-mounted marker lights when appropriate
ROAD NUMBER SPECIFIC FEATURES:
• #25658, 25668, 25661: Early slogans, P on cupola representing Pool service, unique scheme with 14 inch reporting marks and 8-inch “Union Pacific”, as- built or modernized cupola windows as appropriate
• #906251: MOW Office car, painted “Kenefick green,” Era: 1990s+
• #25629, 25616: Later rectangular slogan boards, red P on cupola representing Pool service, modernized windows, Era: late 1970s+
Order Due Date: September 25, 2020
Anticipated Delivery Date: September 2021
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