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Rapido (510082) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | Santa Fe #999744 | N Scale [PRE-ORDER]

Rapido (510082) | Wide Vision Caboose w/ Lights | Santa Fe #999744 | 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!

Santa Fe and the Wide Vision Caboose

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, better known simply as the Santa Fe, was founded in 1859 and became one of the most famous railroads in the United States. Serving the Midwest and Southwest, the railroad connected Chicago with California and played a major role in transporting agricultural products, manufactured goods, and intermodal freight across the country. Santa Fe gained worldwide recognition for its premier passenger trains such as the Super Chief, as well as its iconic red and silver “Warbonnet” paint scheme. The railroad remained one of America’s strongest freight carriers until its 1995 merger with Burlington Northern created today’s BNSF Railway.

Santa Fe operated Wide Vision Cabooses during the later years of caboose service as railroads modernized freight train operations and adopted improved crew visibility designs. The Wide Vision caboose featured enlarged side bay windows that extended outward from the carbody, giving crews better visibility along longer and taller freight trains. Santa Fe cabooses were commonly seen on fast merchandise freights, intermodal trains, and mixed freight service throughout the railroad’s vast western network. Painted in bright red schemes with bold Santa Fe lettering, these Wide Vision Cabooses became recognizable symbols of western railroading 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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