Bluford Shops N Half-Bay Window Caboose Conrail

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

Shortly after their April, 1976 startup, Conrail began repainting their former PC N12 class half-bay window cabooses in this paint scheme. The CONRAIL name was painted up near the roofline while the road number was near the floor below the con-stencil. These cars also had a pair of marker lights on each end (a single light would later become the standard.) ACI tags also adorned these cars.