Bluford Shops N International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Phase 1 Erie Lackawanna “Red”

Description

Railroad Short Name: EL

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

Erie Lackawanna inherited this group of Phase I cabooses from the Erie (built by International Car in 1953.) This red paint scheme was adopted at the time of the EL merger and applied to almost the entire fleet before being replaced in EL’s final years by a scheme that reversed EL’s locomotive colors.