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Short Body Bay Window Caboose
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Bluford Shops has announced the first road names on
their brand new caboose tooling in N scale. This
group represents just two of the five all new caboose
body styles. The other three will be covered in
the next few months. All Bluford Shops cabooses
will come ready-to-run with magnetically operating
knuckle style couplers, metal detail parts and, roller
bearing caboose style leaf spring trucks except where
noted. Axel generators and screen window frames will
be included in the package.
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| N
Scale Transfer Cabooses |
Amtrak Transfer Cabooses. Amtrak became a major owner of right-of-way during
the organizing of Conrail. Passenger traffic was king on Penn Central’s “Northeast
Corridor” between Washington D.C. and Boston so turning over
ownership of the line to Amtrak seemed to be the best solution. With
that, Amtrak assembled a sizeable fleet of maintenence-of-way equipment,
including cabooses. Transfer cabooses of NYC/PC ancestry are part
of that fleet. We are doing two road numbers for this run and as
you can see, they look quite different from each other. This is because
no two of the prototypes are lettered alike! 24040 Amtrak #14034
$36.95; 24041 Amtrak #14032 $36.95. |
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Transfer Cabooses. C&EI built six transfer
cabooses beginning in 1966 using the frames from old gondolas as a base.
C&EI ran south out of Chicago, then split into a trio of mainlines,
The eastern-most ran to Evansville, Indiana and a major connection with
the L&N and points south. This route hosted a number of important Chicago-to-Florida
passenger trains. The western-most route headed southwest to St. Louis.
Much of that route was shared with NYC’s Big Four line. The third
mainline ran down the middle of Illinois to points on the southern tip
of the state. This route generated C&EI’s considerable coal traffic.
When the C&EI was later split between Missouri Pacific and Louisville & Nashville
(in a deal not unlike the splitting of Conrail between NS and CSX decades
later) four of these cars (517-520) went to L&N and two (515-516) went
to Missouri Pacific. 23050 Chicago & Eastern Illinois #515 $36.95;
23051 Chicago & Eastern Illinois #520 $36.95. |
Chessie - B&O Transfer Caboose. In 1975, B&O 903051 rolled out
of B&O’s Du Bois Shops and into history as the final caboose
built at that august facility. It was built with components from a retired
boxcar. Eventually, B&O assigned it Class C-28 and it would remain
the only member of that class to the end of caboose operations. Since it
was one of a kind, we are producing just one road number. 23070 Chessie
- B&O #903051 $36.95. |
Conrail Transfer Cabooses. Conrail inherited most of their transfer cabooses
from Penn Central who (along with predecessor New York Central) had
built them by the hundreds in their own shops, largely from old boxcar
components. Conrail had the largest fleet of transfer cabooses in
the nation. The two road numbers in this release received this paint
sometime in 1978 (two years after the creation of Conrail itself)
and received the two-box format consolidated . stencils and, since
they had 33” wheels, the black and yellow “U-1 inspection
dot.” The two road numbers will be sold separately. 24010 Conrail
#18046 $36.95; 24011 Conrail #18228 $36.95 |
Erie Lackawanna Transfer Cabooses. EL built 25 transfer cabooses in their
Meadville Shops in 1969. EL’s road service cabooses received “C” prefixes
on their road numbers so it seems appropriate that these cars received “T” prefixes
instead. Erie Lackawanna was born in 1960 with the merger of Erie
and Delaware Lackawanna & Western. They became part of Conrail
on April 1, 1976. 23040 Erie Lackawanna #T-24 $36.95; 23041 Erie
Lackawanna #T-30 $36.95. |
Grand Trunk Western Transfer Cabooses. The GTW built for themselves 24
transfer cabooses from old boxcar components. That’s quite
a fleet for a road that size! There is a great deal of variety in
lettering placement and slogans on this fleet and we are reflecting
that in this release with two different slogans. Also caboose #75061
carries an ACI tag while the other number does not. 24030 Grand Trunk
Western #75061 “Safety Wears Well” $36.95; 24031 Grand
Trunk Western #75065 “Take Time To Be Safe” $36.95. |
Great Northern Transfer Caboose. Great Northern built four all-steel transfer
cabooses in their St. Cloud Shops in 1967 (just before the shift
to Sky Blue paint.) The four cars were built on the frames of old
VO-1000 switchers and as a result were the heaviest cabooses on the
GN roster! Each received a safety slogan with #X177 “Your Safety
Is Up To You” and #X178 “What’s Your Safety Score
Today?” represented in this run. While not visible in the above
views, the “Safety First” version of the round Rocky
The Goat logo does appear on the end splash guards (adjacent to the
brake wheel stands.) While the prototype cars wore Type-A switcher
trucks, for practical reasons, these models will come with friction
bearing leaf spring caboose trucks. 24060 Great Northern #X177 “Your
Safety Is Up To You” $36.95; 24061 Great Northern #178 “What’s
Your Safety Score Today?” $36.95. |
Green Bay & Western Transfer Cabooses. Beginning in the Summer of
1967, Green Bay & Western began rebuilding several wood body cabooses
that were well past their prime into new steel bodied transfer cabooses.
The GB&W bisected Wisconsin with their mainline from the ports of Kewaunee
and Green Bay on Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River at Winona (on the
west bank in Minnesota.) GB&W was merged into a Wisconsin Central subsidiary
in 1993 and is now part of Canadian National. 23060 Green Bay & Western
#102 $36.95; 23061 Green Bay & Western #104 $36.95. |
Indiana Harbor Belt Transfer Cabooses. IHB is one of Chicago’s major
terminal carriers, shifting blocks of cars from connections on one side
of the city to the other. For most of its history, it was controlled by
New York Central with a 60% stake (C&NW and MILW split the rest.) Today
ownership is split between Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern and CSX.
While parent NYC (later PC) was building transfer cabooses for themselves
in the late 60s and early 70s, they built 20 for the IHB. They were built
with Century green paint. This black and orange scheme was adopted in 1983.
This run will be available with two different road numbers sold separately.
24020 Indiana Harbor Belt #4 $36.95. 24021 Indiana Harbor Belt #8 $36.95. |
Illinois Central Gulf Transfer Cabooses. ICG inherited 16 steel transfer
cabooses from Gulf Mobile & Ohio in the 1972 merger. For the
next six years, cars due for repainting received orange paint and
the dotted-rail logo. Placement of the lettering varied from car
to car and two of these variations are presented in this run. At
its peak, ICG was enormous with 9,500 route miles - 60 more than
Union Pacific during the same period. Their multiple, parallel routes
cut a swath from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico and Chicago west to
the Iowa-Nebraska border. After years of selling off many
of these parallel routes, ICG dropped the “Gulf” from
their name in 1988 and abandoned orange for a medium gray. 23030
Illinois Central Gulf #199081 $36.95; 23031 Illinois Central Gulf
#199085 $36.95. |
Kansas City Southern Transfer Cabooses. KCS had a number of transfer cabooses,
built by the line in their own shops. The earliest group is represented
with these two road numbers which sport friction bearing trucks,
ACI tags, and red conspicuity stripes along the frame. (Later cars
had roller bearings, yellow frame stripes and locomotive style all-weather
windows.) The Kansas City Southern system of this period linked KC
with the Gulf and Dallas with New Orleans. In later years, KCS would
acquire, Mid-South, Gateway Western, Gateway Eastern, Texas-Mexican
and Mexico’s TFM. 24050 Kansas City Southern #677 $36.95; 24051
Kansas City Southern #682 $36.95. |
Monon Transfer Cabooses. Monon built a trio of transfer cabooses in their
Lafayette Shops in 1959. The Monon system map was X-shaped with Chicago
and Michigan City legs in the north and Louisville and Indianapolis
in the south. The four legs met in Monon, Indiana. Monon served as
a bridge carrier for Southern and L&N between Chicago and Louisville.
23020 Monon #81551 $36.95. 23021 Monon #81552 $36.95. |
Norfolk & Western Transfer Cabooses. N&W built 63 transfer cabooses
for themselves at their Roanoke Shops between 1966 and 1968. Cars repainted
after 1971 received this paint scheme. Note the placement of the road numbers
varied from car to car and we are replicating this detail. 23010 Norfolk & Western
#518711 $36.95; 23011 Norfolk & Western #518741 $36.95. |
| N
Scale Short Body Bay Window Cabooses |
Clinchfield
(Family Lines) Short Body Bay Window Caboose. Clinchfield
received six of these cars at the time of the L&N
order, this time with “CRR” reporting marks.
The Family Lines was not a railroad but rather a marketing
image shared by Seaboard Coast Line, L&N, Clinchfield,
Georgia, and the two West Point Route roads. The Clinchfield
was established by ACL and L&N to operate the leased
Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio but was not separately
incorporated. Despite that, CRR had their own roster
of equipment, employees, and paint schemes. The Clinchfield
management ranks were often used as a farm team for ACL
(later SCL) and L&N.
This run will be available in two different road numbers.
21040 Clinchfield (Family Lines) #1107 single car $36.95;
21041 Clinchfield (Family Lines) #1110 single car $36.95. . . . Due
- Summer '12
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Indiana
Rail Road Short Body Bay Window Caboose. Indiana Rail
Road began in 1986 as a spinoff of Illinois Central Gulf.
INRD purchased a single ex-L&N caboose from CSX to
add to its fleet of former ICG wide vision cabooses.
INRD expanded greatly since their 1986 creation and now
sports a Chicago to Louisville mainline
plus branches and a snappy fleet of modern red and white
diesel power. 21050 Indiana Rail Road (ex-Family Lines)
#16648 single car $36.95. . . . Due
- Summer '12
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Louisville & Nashville
(Family Lines) Short Body Bay Window Caboose. In 1981,
L&N received this group of 50 cabooses from the Fruit
Growers Express facility in Alexandria, Virginia. Like
the MoPac cars before them, these were intended for regular
road service. These were delivered in the then standard “Family
Lines” paint scheme with L&N road numbers.
This run will be available in two different road numbers.
21030 Louisville & Nashville (Family Lines) #6642
single car $36.95; 21031 Louisville & Nashville (Family
Lines) #6611 single car $36.95. . . . Due
- Summer '12
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Missouri
Pacific Short Body Bay Window Caboose. Missouri Pacific
developed this caboose design in concert with International
Car Company in the Summer of 1977. 351 cars were built
through early ‘82 in MoPac’s De Soto and
Sedalia Shops. Contrary to popular belief, these were
not transfer cabooses but were, in fact, built for regular
service. Following the merger with Union Pacific and
Western Pacific, these cabooses migrated across the greater
UP system. MP’s short bay window cabooses could
be found with silver, white or red roofs. The two toad
numbers in this release have silver roofs. The two road
numbers will be sold separately. 21010 Missouri Pacific
#13835 single car $36.95; 21011 Missouri Pacific #13927
single car $36.95.. . . Due
- Summer '12
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MP
- UP MOW Green Short Body Bay Window Caboose. As the
use of cabooses on mainline freights fell from favor,
Union Pacific transferred a squadron of these former
MoPac cars to their Maintenance - Of -Way fleet. This
included renumbering them to the MP 7500 series and in
the case of 13 of the cars, a coat of MOW green paint.
The steps and trucks remained MoPac red. This run will
be available in two different road numbers. 21060 MP
- UP MOW Green #7501 single car $36.95; 21061 MP - UP
MOW Green #7502 single car $36.95. .. . . Due
- Summer '12
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Southern
Pacific Short Body Bay Window Caboose with Short Roof.
Southern Pacific also evaluated the MoPac design, then
in 1980 they came up with their own variation with a shorter
roof. Just one car was built, becoming Southern Pacific’s
famous caboose #1 or “the One-Spot.” It entered
system-wide service at a time when SP was experimenting
with an orange, red and gray paint scheme. It would wear
this scheme for its entire service life.
In the years after regular operation with cabooses had
ended, the One-Spot found a home at the end of Southern
Pacific’s fire suppression train. This car will be
equipped with coil spring roller bearing trucks. 22010
Southern Pacific #1 single car $38.95. .. . . Due
- Summer '12
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Union
Pacific Short Body Bay Window Caboose. Union Pacific
borrowed MoPac short bay window cabooses to evaluate
the design for their own fleet. However, in 1982 they
inherited the original fleet with the merger of Missouri
Pacific. At least one of these cars was repainted in
UP yellow for regular service. In recent years, car #13737
was parked on a spur to become a yard office. It remains
today in the paint scheme shown here. 21020
Union Pacific yellow #13737 single car $36.95. .. .
. Due
- Summer '12
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