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Rapido (510066) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | C&O Chessie #3131 | N Scale [PRE-ORDER]

Rapido (510066) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | C&O Chessie #3131 | N Scale [PRE-ORDER]

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Product Description

Between 1972 and 1981, Canadian Pacific’s Angus Shops in Montreal built over 300 modern, wide vision cabooses or “vans” and thus gained the nickname “Angus Van.” They proved popular with crews and many are still on the road today, as shoving platforms or rider cars in MOW service.

This caboose is similar to many other wide vision cabooses that are commonly seen throughout North America. Ours will feature 27 popular schemes including multiple maintenance-of-way variations, a Desert Storm tribute and even a Bicentennial scheme!

Chessie and the Wide Vision Caboose

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) was one of America’s most historic and influential railroads, tracing its roots back to the 1800s and becoming a major transporter of coal from the Appalachian region. Serving states across the eastern United States, the railroad played a critical role in moving coal, manufactured goods, and passenger traffic between the Midwest and the Atlantic coast. In the 1970s, the C&O became part of the Chessie System alongside the Baltimore & Ohio and Western Maryland railroads, adopting the famous “Chess-C” kitten logo and bold blue, yellow, and vermillion paint scheme. The Chessie System later became a major component of today’s CSX Transportation.

C&O and Chessie System railroads operated Wide Vision Cabooses extensively during the later years of caboose service as freight trains grew longer and freight cars became taller. The Wide Vision design featured enlarged bay windows that projected outward from the carbody, giving crews improved visibility along the sides of modern freight equipment. Chessie cabooses were commonly seen bringing up the rear of coal trains, manifest freights, and mixed merchandise trains throughout the eastern United States. Painted in the colorful Chessie System scheme, these cabooses became some of the most recognizable cabooses in North America before End-of-Train devices gradually replaced them during the 1980s.

Features

  • Now featuring track powered operating end marker lights on DC and DCC
  • MoPower capacitor for uninterrupted caboose lighting
  • Super-detailed underbody including all separate air and brake piping
  • Free rolling Barber-Bettendorf caboose trucks
  • Detailed interior
  • Separate metal grab irons installed at the factory
  • “Warm white” lights that aren’t too bright!
  • Optional roof mounted air conditioner
  • Optional fuel oil tank details (road name dependent)
  • Knuckle couplers mounted at the correct height
  • Full end detail, including uncoupling levers
  • Suggested minimum radius: 9 3/4”

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