HO ATH Bay Window Caboose, WP #427
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Athearn - Item No. ATH-2257
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HO ATH Bay Window Caboose, WP #427

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A caboose is a railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles.

ATHEARN BAY WINDOW CABOOSE PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

In a bay window caboose, the crew sits in the middle of the car in a section of wall that projects from the side of the caboose. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, hence the name. A bay window caboose afforded a better view of the side of the train and eliminated falling hazards.

ATHEARN BAY WINDOW CABOOSE FEATURES:

  • Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion caboose truck per prototype
  • Fine end handrails and ladders
  • Clear windows
  • Separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel
  • Fully-assembled and ready to run
  • Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
  • Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
  • Weighted for trouble free operation
  • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
  • Painted and printed for realistic decoration
  • Minimum radius: 18”

Product Specs

Axles
4
Coupler Style
McHenry Scale Knuckle
Era
1941-1970,1971-1990,1991-2009,2010-Present Day
Full Road Name
Western Pacific
Minimum Radius
18
Reporting Mark
WP
Scale
HO
Sub Brand
ATHEARN