Tangent Scale Models HO 60315-04 ICC Wide Vision Cupola Caboose Burlington Northern 'WFE Rebuild 1990 w/ FRA Light' BN #12602

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Tangent Scale Models HO 60315-04 ICC Wide Vision Cupola Caboose Burlington Northern 'WFE Rebuild 1990 w/ FRA Light' BN #12602

Burlington Northern BN 'WFE Rebuild 1990' w/FRA Red Lights illustrates a 1990s rebuilt look for a group of BN cabooses. From 1990-1992, Western Fruit Express, a subsidiary of BN,  refurbished a total of 133 examples of the BN caboose fleet at a shop in Spokane, WA. This rebuild program was used to extend the service lives of the cabooses and subjects were pulled from various BN classes. For this Tangent offering, we chose 4 refurbished examples from the BN ICC 1972 build group. These cabooses lost their running boards and received plated window openings, if not already modified. The Tangent WFE rebuilds feature the altered end railings area around the FRA light, matching the prototypes. Underneath, eagle-eyed BN fans will notice the belt-drive axle generator detail on the one side of the truck sideframe. These cabooses received a new coat of BN green paint, along with updated 1990s-era BN graphics. All BN cabooses are not alike, and these WFE rebuilds feature a slightly different logo and data details from BN’s 1970s and 1980s paint jobs. Check out that tiny WFE 'Pride In Excellence”' Spokane, WA shop decal under the COTS panel. For lighting, these models feature red FRA lights on each end, along with interior lights that can be seen from the remaining cupola and end windows.

Model Features:

• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 70-Ton Barber or Gould Caboose Roller Bearing with separate brake beam part as appropriate for each paint scheme
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 33″ Wheels
• DC/DCC Lighting Features: interior lighting as well as prototypically-dim lit Pyle Lanterns

Features for these replicas include:

• Dimensional accuracy – designed from meticulous field dimensions using real tape measures of real BN/NP cabooses
• Highly correct true to life colors
• Hyper-Accurate' lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Genuine Kadee scale couplers
• 'Near-scale' draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side 'key' detail
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme, as appropriate
• Road and Era-specific details for each RTR scheme, including multiple body, roof, cupola, underframe detail and side window combinations
• Eight different road and era-specific wide vision body options
• Three different road-specific wide vision cupola options
• Four different roof options
• Morton and Apex 'See through' running boards
• Accurate Waugh Cushion Underframe
• Railroad and era-specific underframe details to match as-built ICC and modified configurations
• Multiple cupola roof configurations for different radio antenna mounting locations
• End steps and walkways that carefully replicate the prototype Morton or Apex walkway pattern
• The finest etched metal side and end window screens in HO scale, where appropriate
• Three different road-specific smokejack options
• Three different era-specific truck axle drive generator options
• Four different end railing/marker light options, based on railroad and era
• Two 'coupler lift bar' options per prototype application and era
• NP/SPS and BN-specific interiors – chairs, bunks, desk, lockers, refrigerator, oil bunker and the most detailed Vapor Corporation TCHA55 Caban heater in HO Scale
• The interior is fully painted with railroad and era-specific colors
• Full underbody details – brake system with brake rods and piping, release rod, water fills, and more – all based on the prototype and era!
• Beautiful side wire curved grab irons, intricate ICC end railings in plastic with accurate wire top ladder hoops
• Consumer applied optional metal red/green 'flag' paddle parts included for appropriate eras
• Consumer applied optional cupola Prime wind deflector parts included for appropriate eras
• LED illuminated scale-sized BN Red-Green Marker light boxes that can be controlled red/green/off – on each end – independently, where appropriate
• LED illuminated scale-sized BN FRA end lights with a proper steady 'on' that can be controlled on or off – on each end – independently, where appropriate
• LED illuminated interior lighting 'warm' lights to replicate incandescent bulbs that can be controlled on or off
• No complicated decoder. No complicated programming. No complicated electronics. DC/DCC compatible track-powered 'no fuss' interior and marker light lighting – simple and easy to operate with included wand
• CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels, semi-scale .088” wheels are available separately
• All-New precision Tangent Scale Models 70-ton Barber roller bearing trucks with separate brake beam part, or 70-Ton Gould roller bearing trucks with separate brake beam parts, as appropriate for each paint scheme
• Recommended age 14 years and older

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