Bluford Shops N 41111 International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Phase I Kansas City Southern 'silver' #344

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Bluford Shops N 41111 International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Phase I Kansas City Southern 'silver' #344

Kansas City Southern had sampled International Car’s Phase 1 design in the early 60’s but in 1964 they turned to Kansas City based ship and barge builder Darby Corporation for a fleet of stainless steel bay window cabooses using the Phase 1 design as a starting point. There will be 3 road numbers in the run, one of which 323 has the original road number style. The other two, 344 and 357 have larger road numbers. In prototype photos taken from some angles, it appears the larger road numbers were applied to replace the original lettering, perhaps due to adhesion problems on the stainless steel. Note the prototype cars were delivered with rare Rockwell trucks – a style that is not mass produced in any scale. We are substituting roller bearing caboose trucks for this run.

Bluford Shops International Car Bay Window Caboose Phase 1 is based on the family of steel bay window cabooses developed by International Car Company beginning in the early 1950s. Over the years the design of the bay windows evolved and each phase features a number of bay window style and other detail variations. The N Scale International Car Window Caboose Phase 1 features wire grab irons, body mounted magnetically operating knuckle couplers, close coupling and Fox Valley Models metal wheels. Ladders and running boards are included on appropriate paint schemes for each version.

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