Bluford Shops N International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Southern “Red with Yellow Bay”

Description

Railroad Short Name: SOU

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

After Southern Railway switched from boxcar red to caboose red for their Phase I cabooses, they also began painting the bay windows yellow on cabooses assigned to locals. Presumably these cars lacked all of the amenities of road service cabooses since they would be used for out-and-back runs in a single shift.