MTH Rail King "O" Scale Extended Vision Cabooses Annouced

April 12, 2023 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing RailKing O Gauge Extended Vision Cabooses in four different livery configurations this Fall. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in October 2023.

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

ABOUT THE RAILKING O GAUGE EXTENDED VISION CABOOSE

Management often resisted providing such creature comforts to crews, and it would be well into the 1870s before cabooses were widespread on American trains. And although the cupola, known then as a "lookout" or "observatory," first appeared during the Civil War era, flat-roofed cabooses outnumbered cabin cars with cupolas well into the 1880s. By the early 20th century, however, the cupola caboose had attained its final shape, one it would keep until cabooses became extinct in the 1980s.

But while cupola cabooses remained pretty much the same, the freight cars in front of them were changing, becoming ever longer and taller as well. By the end of World War II, taller cars were making it harder and harder for the crewman riding the cupola to do his job: keep an eye on the train ahead. One solution, of course, was the bay window caboose. Another more popular innovation was the extended vision, or wide vision caboose, which combined the extra width of a bay window with the height advantage of a cupola. Our model depicts the extended vision caboose introduced by the International Car Company in 1953 and produced for two decades, which was rostered by railroads from coast to coast. Like diesels and other modern freight cars, this widely owned caboose was part of the postwar shift away from customized, railroad-specific locos and cars toward standardized designs produced in large quantities on efficient assembly lines.

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M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing RailKing O Scale RS-3 diesel locomotives in 4 different livery configurations this Fall. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in November 2023.

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing RailKing O Gauge 40' Box Cars in 4 different liveries this Fall. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in October 2023.

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.