Bluford Shops N Half-Bay Window Caboose Illinois Terminal

Description

Railroad Short Name: C&EI

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

Illinois Terminal took delivery of this group half-bay window cabooses in late 1953. Originally delivered in caboose red, they were later repainted in several variations of green and silver with yellow lettering as we see here. The road numbers represented in this release received snazzy racing stripes as well. The Road of Personalized Services motto is on the other side of the bay window on the reverse side of the car.