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Rapido (510075) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT #134 | N Scale [PRE-ORDER]

Rapido (510075) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | Missouri-Kansas-Texas MKT #134 | 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!

MKT and the Wide Vision Caboose

The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, better known as the Katy Railroad, was founded in the 1860s and became one of the most recognizable railroads serving the south-central United States. Operating across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, the Katy handled a diverse mix of freight including agricultural products, oil, livestock, and manufactured goods. The railroad earned a strong reputation for dependable service and colorful passenger trains, including the famous “Katy Flyer” and “Texas Special.” Known for its striking red paint schemes in later years, the Katy remained an important regional railroad until it was merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1988.

The Katy operated Wide Vision Cabooses during the final decades of caboose service as railroads sought improved visibility for freight train crews. The Wide Vision design featured enlarged side bay windows that extended outward from the caboose body, giving crews better sightlines along modern freight cars and longer trains. Missouri–Kansas–Texas cabooses were commonly seen on mixed freight, agricultural, and industrial trains throughout the Southwest and Midwest. Painted in the railroad’s distinctive red caboose schemes, Katy Wide Vision Cabooses became memorable symbols of the railroad before End-of-Train devices gradually replaced cabooses 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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