International Car Co. Baltimore & Ohio I-18 steel bay-window caboose
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $106.95
Era: 1968+ to 1980s+ (varies depending on paint scheme)
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816; 828-412-3886; tangentscalemodels.com
International Car Co. Baltimore & Ohio I-18 steel bay-window caboose features:
- Kadee scale couplers
- Era-specific body details, including bay windows and marker lights
- See-through Apex running boards
- See-through etched-metal end platforms and steps
- Etched-metal window screens
- Operating marker lights and interior lights
- Detailed, painted, and illuminated interior
- Underbody details include brake system with rods and piping, battery box, electrical plugs and conduit, plumbing detail options, axle generator, and more
- Separate air hoses with B&O platform-level angle cock shutoff handle detail
- CNC-machined 33” wheelsets
- 70-ton Gould roller-bearing trucks and separate brake beam part
Road names: Baltimore & Ohio (1968+ original blue in four new road numbers) and Chessie System (1973+ dark blue Chessie Safety scheme, 1979+ orange Chessie Safety, and 1979+ Raceland repaint in one number each; 1982+ in three new numbers). Undecorated kits also available (Pyle and box-style marker lights, both versions are unlit).
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