Bluford Shops N Bay Window Caboose Conrail “Phase 1”

Description

Railroad Short Name: CR

N scale models of a family of steel bay window caboose designs developed by International Car Company in the early 1950s. Over the years the design of the bay windows evolved and Bluford Shops is presenting four phases of these designs plus the iconic half-bay window edition. Ladders and running boards will be included on appropriate paint schemes for each version.

Features:

• magnetically operating knuckle couplers
• Fox Valley Models metal wheels
• wire grab irons, window “glass”
• plenty of weight
• Ladders and running boards will be included on appropriate paint schemes for each version

This pair of Conrail Phase I cabooses was built for the Erie, joining the Conrail fleet by way of Erie Lackawanna and receiving the large version of the Conrail “can-opener” logo shortly after their April, 1976 launch. Later, cooler heads would prevail and a smaller can-opener that fit entirely to the left of the bay window was adopted. Those early months were a time for high hopes and big statements.