PREORDER Rapido 162005 HO SP C-40-3 Steel Caboose: T&NO - Delivery Scheme: #409

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RapidoSKU: 606-162005

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Rapido Trains Inc is proud to announce for the first time in plastic, the iconic Southern Pacific C-40-3 Caboose in HO scale!

 

Rapido is excited to offer SP’s iconic C-40-3 caboose, including several of the unique paint schemes and car variations that occurred over its long 40+ year service life. Starting in 1940, Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles General Shops constructed 185 C-40-3 cabooses, numbered SP 1050-1234. Additionally, subsidiary Texas & New Orleans received 30 C-40-3s, numbered 400-429.


Beginning in the mid-50s, C-40-3’s went through an initial modernization - train radios were added, marker lamps were replaced with “frogeye” electric marker lights on the roof, the roofwalk on the cupola was removed, wind-wings were added to the cupola’s side windows, and a tool box was replaced with a battery box.


By the 1960s, C-40-3s began to appear more in local service, and gradually most cars had some windows blanked out and/or window screens added. In the mid-70s, the green and red “frog light” markers were replaced with a single red light, due to an FRA safety mandate. Certain cars had roofwalks removed and end ladders cut down, while others kept roofwalks until retirement. Overall, the C-40-3 caboose fleet enjoyed a long career with theSP, with many cars remaining in service into the mid-1980s. Overall, the C-40-3 caboose fleet enjoyed a long career with theSP, with many cars remaining in service into the mid-1980s.

 

 The Rapido Trains HO scale SP C-40-3 Caboose features:

  •  Multiple window styles based on the era
  • Multiple roofwalk configurations based on the era
  • Working roof marker lights where appropriate
  • Full, painted interior
  • Operating interior lights
  • Multiple optional parts based on era
  • Full underframe details
  • Factory-installed semi-scale couplers

 

 

 

 

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