Half Bay Window
Prototype Information
The International Car Company of Kenton, Ohio, developed the half bay window caboose in the early 1950s as an answer to a practical problem. Crews needed the visibility of a bay window caboose, but railroads with tight tunnels, bridges, and platforms couldn’t always clear the full bay design. ICC shortened the projection of the bay, keeping the sightlines while cutting back the clearance issues.
The New York Central jumped on the idea and made the half bay window caboose a familiar sight across its system. Other lines, including the Santa Fe, followed with their own versions, with cars like ATSF 999653 standing out as examples. When Conrail formed in 1976, it absorbed many of these cabooses and kept them rolling for decades. Norfolk Southern later picked up several in the Conrail split of 1999, and crews in Shared Assets territory continued to work from them well into the modern era.
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Bluford Shops N International Car Company Half Bay Window Caboose Illinois Terminal
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