PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. MODEL FEATURES: •…
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. MODEL FEATURES: •…
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. MODEL FEATURES: •…
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. MODEL FEATURES: •…
PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. MODEL FEATURES: •…
ITEM NUMBER: WOOC1258 Use Retaining Walls alone, installed adjacent to each other to create straight or curved walls or use with Tunnel Portals. Cut to varying heights to create stepped, winged walls. Color easily and realistically with Earth Colors™ Liquid Pigment. Set contains three pieces. 2 5 8 w x 4 13 16 h (6.66…
This Walthers SceneMaster International(R) 7600 2-Axle Crew-Cab Brush Fire Truck is a model typical of heavy trucks operated by fire departments and other emergency responders. Also known as the WorkStar, this series of technologically sophisticated, heavy-duty trucks is powered by an 11-liter (390 horsepower) or 13-liter (475 horsepower) diesel engine, and can be built on a…
ITEM NUMBER: WAL949-4161 Fully assembled and nicely priced, these layout-ready SceneMaster HO Farm Tractors are great for use in your layout s rural scenes. Detail for any farm or rural scene from the 1950s to the present Ready-to-use loads for flatcars or trucks Hitch up to Plow and Planter set (949-4162, sold separately) for more…
Rapido Trains is pleased to announce an all-new group of HO scale locomotives – the General Electric 44-Ton diesel. Also commonly called “44-tonners,” these locomotive’s compact design was driven by a 1937 labor agreement with the railroad unions that specified that all locomotives over 90,000 pounds required the use of a fireman. At a target…