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Uncataloged Premier O Scale Santa Fe Bay Window Caboose Announced
August 8, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has announced an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale Santa Fe Bay Window Caboose for exclusive distribution by M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Train Loft this December. The caboose is available in two car numbers and will be extremely limited in production. Item No. 20-91764 Santa Fe Bay Window Caboose Item No. 20-91765 Santa Fe Bay Window Caboose ABOUT THE BAY WINDOW CABOOSE As freight cars grew taller, observing a train from the cupola of a caboose became increasingly difficult. In the wooden car era, another problem with cupola cabooses was sagging roofs. In an effort to solve these problems, the Akron, Canton & Youngstown railroad introduced the bay window caboose in 1923. (In fact, however, bay windows had been used on New York & Harlem Railroad passenger cars as far back as the 1850s, to enable conductors to better anticipate station arrivals.) In 1930 the Baltimore & Ohio became the first railroad to adopt the bay window style as its standard caboose; it never purchased another cupola model. During the same decade, the Milwaukee Road and the Northern Pacific built substantial bay window fleets as well. But it was immediately after World War II that the bay window design became widespread, as car heights increased significantly and cupolas became less and less useful. As with diesels and other modern freight cars, these postwar bay window cabooses were part of the shift away from customized, railroad-specific locos and cars toward standardized designs produced in large quantities on efficient assembly lines. Key builders of bay window cabooses included International Car Company and American Car & Foundry. EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THRU The Train Loft |
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing a series of 2022 RailKing O Scale Road Side Stand Buildings in four popular paint schemes beginning this Winter. Each building in these unique paint schemes come fully assembled and ready to place on your O scale layout. All will be available in very limited quantities beginning in November 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.
M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing a series of 2022 Premier O Scale SD24 Diesel Locomotives in five popular paint schemes beginning this Winter. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in December 2022. Check out each of these offerings HERE. These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer. | ||||||
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