Product Information:
Keep HO freight trains rolling safely with the WalthersMainline International Car Company Wide Vision Caboose bringing up the rear! Introduced in the early 1960s so crews could see over the bigger and taller freight cars coming into service, these HO models are based on prototypes with a full-width cupola (sometimes referred to as the "standard cupola" by modelers and railfans) that ended at the edge of the car roof. Other features of this WalthersMainline model include:
All-new model from rails to roof
Limited-edition - one time run of these roadnumbers!
Prototypes in service from 1960s to 1980s - some used as shoving platforms today
Wide-vision style cupola with two window styles
Stanray overhanging diagonal panel roof
Thin profile, see-through roofwalks
Finely molded end ladders
Scale thickness end railings
Underbody toolbox as appropriate
Molded drill starter points for grab irons - easily added with Caboose Detail Kit #910-201, sold separately
Barber Swingmaster roller bearing trucks with 33" turned metal wheelset
Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers
