Tangent HO ICC CNW Bay Window Caboose Chicago Northwestern “1970 Repaint”

Description

Railroad Short Name: CNW

C&NW “Yellow Repaint 1970+” w/ Interior Lights gives modelers modernized caboose repaint examples starting in 1970, painted by the C&NW’s California Ave. Shops in Chicago.  This was the first yellow repaint scheme for these cabooses, with a yellow body, green roof and end railings and black underbody and trucks.  The lower side sill under the bay window and the back plates of the step wells are reflective yellow, something we carefully duplicated on the models.  The sides feature the yellow-background Chicago & North Western Railway ball-and-bar logo at each end of the body.  Extended initials were applied at the top of the bay window and Roman-style numbers were applied below.  Simple and classic.  A neat detail about this scheme is the roof: notice that C&NW has removed the running board.

Features:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from meticulous field dimensions using real tape measures on two real C&NW ICC cabooses – see “thank you” section below for more details for our project field research
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee® scale couplers
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme, as appropriate
• Road and Era-specific details for each RTR scheme, including multiple body, roof, bay window, underframe detail, truck and side window combinations
• Six different road and era-specific bay window body options
• Four different era-specific bay window options
• Four different roof options
• Apex “see through” running board
• Accurate Waugh Cushion Underframe where appropriate
• Railroad and era-specific underframe details to match as-built ICC and modified configurations
• Multiple roof configurations for different vent mounting locations
• End steps and walkways that carefully replicate the prototype Apex walkway pattern
• Fine etch metal side and end window screens, where appropriate
• Underframe and truck axle drive generator options
• Seven different end railing/marker light options, based on ICC lot and era
• Wire “coupler lift bar” detail per prototype application
• Three different C&NW-specific interiors – chairs, bunk, desk, lockers, ice chest, sink, oil bunker and the most detailed Vapor Corporation TCHA55 Caban heater in HO Scale! The interior is fully painted with era-specific colors
• Full underbody details – brake system with brake rods and piping, release rod and more – all based on the prototype and era!
• Beautiful side wire curved grab irons, intricate ICC end railings in plastic with accurate wire top ladder hoops
• Consumer-applied optional metal red/green “flag” paddle parts included for appropriate eras
• LED illuminated FRA end lights with a proper “decaying” flash that can be controlled on or off – on each end – independently, where appropriate
• LED illuminated interior lighting “warm” lights to replicate incandescent bulbs that can be controlled on or off
• No complicated decoder. No complicated programming. No complicated electronics. DC/DCC compatible track-powered “no fuss” interior and marker light lighting – simple and easy to operate with included wand
• CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels (Yes, semi-scale .088” wheels are available separately!)
• All-New precision Tangent Scale Models 70-ton Gould Rebuilt Roller Bearing trucks with separate brake beam part, or 70-Ton Gould Plain Bearing trucks with separate brake beam parts, as appropriate for each paint scheme