Bluford Shops N 44181 International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Phase IV Union Railroad 'No One Hurt On My Shift' URR #C104

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Bluford Shops N 44181 International Car Company Bay Window Caboose Phase IV Union Railroad 'No One Hurt On My Shift' URR #C104

The Union Railroad serves the steel mills of the Monongahela River Valley south of Pittsburgh. The Union is just 31 miles long but very busy. In 1951, they hauled 74 million net tons making URR the busiest freight railroad per mile of track in the world. Today, Union serves the USS Edgar Thomson Works which includes blast furnaces, a basic oxygen processor producing molten steel and a continuous caster. They also serve the USS Irvin Works which includes rolling mills and finishing lines and USS Clairton Works which converts coal into coke. This group of Phase IV cabooses was delivered in the same red as used on sister road Bessemer & Lake Erie but they were later repainted in this high-visibility yellow and red. Each of the 2 road numbers has a unique safety slogan.

Bluford Shops International Car Bay Window Caboose Phase 4 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. This N Scale International Car Window Caboose Phase 4 has a steeper pitch on wide bay sides, a dual-pane window and flatter top on the bay window. The ready-to-run model 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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