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Bay Window Caboose
In
1968, Southern Pacific subsidiary Cotton Belt (officially the St.
Louis Southwestern Railway) received 20 cabooses from International
Car Company. These were the first SP cabooses to use 50 ton trucks,
starting the C-50 series of cabooses. In 1970, 1972, and 1974 SP
returned to International Car for 181 cabooses, plus 16 for Cotton
Belt in three groups. For the next four years, SP did not acquire
any new cabooses. Instead, 207 older cabooses were rebuilt by the
Sacramento Shops. In 1978, SP, again, bought cabooses. By then,
International Car was a division
of PACCAR (formerly Pacific Car & Foundry). The 50 cars of the
C-50-7 class were built at the same Kenton, Ohio plant as the previous
C-50 series cars. In design, they were similar to the previous C-50
cars with only a few changes. Their paint differed by having the
roof painted the car body color and the road name was moved to the
right of the bay window, and they featured an axle-end generator
connection. They were also the first new cars in the 4000 series.
In 1979, 50 cars of the C-50-8 class were delivered, with some minor
detail differences when compared to the earlier C-50-7 cars. In
1980, the C-50-9 class of 75 cars was delivered. The C-50-9 class
was unique in that they were delivered without any windows in the
car sides, in order to increase crew safety and reduce repair costs.
They were also the last group of new cabooses delivered to SP.
SP car classification, such as C-50-7, indicate the type of car
(“C” for caboose), the capacity of the trucks (50 tons),
and the sequential order number (7).
Class Road Numbers Year Built
C-50-7 4600 – 4649 1978
C-50-8 4650 – 4699 1979
C-50-9 4700 – 4774 1980 |
| FEATURES: |
- ERA: 1960s
to present (depending on road name)
- Body mounted
McHenry® knuckle spring couplers
- Weighted
for optimum performance
- Partial
interior • Separately applied wire grab irons
- New truck
tooling including axle mounted generator • End walkway
tread
- Etched
window screens included
- Finely
detailed end railing and brake wheel
- Fully
detailed underbody
- Window
glazing
- Three
bodies available - C-50-7 . . . C-50-8 . . . C-50-9
- Plastic/etched
roof detail (antenna, marker light, smoke jack and vent) when
appropriate per prototype
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| Road Name |
Image |
MSRP |
Our
$ |
Part
# |
| Undec C-50-9 |
|
$29.98 |
 |
ATH-23213 |
| Undec C-50-8 |
|
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23214 |
| Southern
Pacific |
 |
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23215 |
| Norfolk
Southern |
 |
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23227 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23228 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23229 |
| SSW/Cotton
Belt |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23230 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23231 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23232 |
| Southern
Pacific |
 |
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23233 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23234 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23235 |
| Chicago
& North Western |
 |
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23236 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23237 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23238 |
| Rock
(Blue) |
 |
$29.98 |
|
ATH-23239 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23240 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23241 |
| Southern
Pacific (C-50-7) |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23242 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23243 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23244 |
| Union
Pacific North Platte |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23245 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23246 |
| Union Pacific
Steam Train |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23247 |
| Union Pacific
Police |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23248 |
| Southern
Pacific Police |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23249 |
| Southern
Pacific Police |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23250 |
| Southern
Pacific Police |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23251 |
| Burlington
Northern |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23252 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23253 |
| Western
Pacific Bicentennial |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23256 |
| Chessie
B&O |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23257 |
| Chessie
C&O |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23258 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23259 |
| Erie
Lackawanna |
 |
$29.98 |
 |
ATH-23260 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23261 |
| $29.98 |
|
ATH-23262 |
| Southern
Pacific C-50-9 |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23263 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23264 |
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23265 |
| Santa
Fe |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23266
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23267
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23268
|
| Erie |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23269
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23270
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23271
|
| Milwaukee
Road |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23272
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23273
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23274
|
| Rock
Island |
 |
$29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23275
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23276
|
| $29.98 |
$23.99 |
ATH-23277
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