Product Title: Menards 275-9114 Union Pacific UP Caboose with Lights
Manufacturer: Menards
Scale: O
Condition: Item Condition: C-10, Box Condition P-10
Operational Status: This item is brand-new and is assumed to be fully operational according to the manufacturer's specifications.
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-10: Mint—Brand New: all original; unused and unblemished.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-10: Mint—Brand New: Complete and all original as manufactured and unused.
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Manufacturer Information:
Until recent years the humble caboose has played an important role in railroad operations. It housed a Conductor and perhaps two or three brakemen. These men kept a sharp eye on the cars ahead of them and an eye open for danger.
Traditionally, crewmen rode in a cupola in the top of the car, viewing the train from on high. As times passed, and freight cars got taller, bay windows were added to the side, assuring the crew still had a view of the cars ahead.
Technology such as electric hotbox detectors (for over-heated wheel bearings) eliminated the requirement for eyes to be focused on the train as it rolled along. Still, you can find cabooses in service nation-wide as buffer or pusher cars. These are used to ease freight cars into tight sidings or industrial plants where the weight of the locomotive might be a problem.
The cars have two power pickup rollers for interior lighting and flashing red marker lights on the rear.
Features
- The historic Union Pacific has a reach from California to Chicago as well as lines in the South. Accordingly, the UP caboose is decorated with the line’s waving flag and “Building America” slogan.
- Alternating red LED lights on the rear
- Lighted interior
- Beautiful paint job and awesome graphics
- Die-cast trucks with a steel swing-type drawbar
- 8-1/2”L (including couplers) x 2-5/8”W x 3-1/8”H