Bluford Shops 43051 International Car Bay Window Caboose Phase 3 - Ready to Run -- Rock Island 17065 (As-Delivered, red, black), N Scale

Bluford ShopsSKU: BLU43051

Description

The Half-Bay Window was a design championed by the New York Central and their successors and was adopted by a handful of other roads. When researching railroads, the "what" happened is often easy to find. The "why" it happened is more often then not an educated guess that is repeated until it becomes common wisdom. The guess for the existence of the Half-Bay Window design was to give the railroad the visibility of the bay window while still clearing low and tight obstructions such as through girder bridges and depot platforms.

Rock Island took delivery of this group of 20 phase 3 bay window cabooses from International Car in 1965. We present them in this run as they appeared at delivery, with block style lettering and red ends.

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