Manufacturer
Micro-Trains Line Co.
P.O. Box 1200
Talent, OR 97540
www.micro-trains.com
Era: 1980s
Comments: The prototype for this N scale plastic model was one of the last cabooses purchased by the Southern Pacific Ry. in 1980.
The model matches drawings in Freight Cars of the Southern Pacific, Volume 2: Cabooses by Anthony W. Thompson.
Separate parts, include handrails and brake wheels. A user-installed etched-brass radio antenna and smokejack supports are included with the SP version.
Most lettering matches prototype photos. The Clean, Oil, Test, and Stencil (COTS) panels list Conrail shops instead of those appropriate for the SP.
The plastic wheels are in gauge and the body-mounted Magne-Matic couplers are at the correct height. The car weighs just under one ounce, which follows National Model Railroad Association RP-20.1.
Micro-Trains did a fine job capturing this Southern Pacific prototype in N scale.
