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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 | Road
# | Image | MSRP | Our
$ | Part
# | | Union
Pacific | 400 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23245
 |
| 401 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23246
|
| 24567 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23247
|
| Union
Pacific Police | 4709 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23248
|
| Southern
Pacific | 1945 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23125
|
| 1948 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23126
|
| 1974 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23127
|
| Southern
Pacific Police | 4742 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23249
|
| Baltimore
& Ohio | 3012 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23128
|
| 3021 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23129
|
| 3038 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23130
|
| Northern
Alberta Railways | 13002 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23131
|
| 13011 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23132
|
| 13021 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23133
|
| Rock
Island | 17204 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23134
|
| 17209 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23135
|
| 17210 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23136
|
| Chessie |
904115 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23137
|
| 904120 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23138
|
| 904146 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23139
|
| SSW/Cotton
Belt | 83 |  | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23122
|
| 86 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23123
|
| 91 | $30.98 | $24.78 | ATH-23124
|
| SSW/Cotton
Belt | 81 | | $26.98 |  | ATH-26704 |
| 88 | $26.98 | | ATH-26705 |
| 90 | $26.98 | | ATH-26706 |
| Western
Pacific | 481 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-26710 |
| 483 | $26.98 | | ATH-26711 |
| 486 | $26.98 | | ATH-26712 |
| Santa
Fe | 999653 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-23266 |
| 999654 | $26.98 | | ATH-23267 |
| 999655 | $26.98 | | ATH-23268 |
| Great
Northern | 184 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-26713 |
| 185 | $26.98 | | ATH-26714 |
| Conrail |
21157 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-26715 |
| 21160 | $26.98 | | ATH-26716 |
| 21163 | $26.98 | $21.58 | ATH-26717 |
| Norfolk
& Western | 557537 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-26718 |
| 557561 | $26.98 | | ATH-26719 |
| 557599 | $26.98 | | ATH-26720 |
| Nickel
Plate | 451 |  | $26.98 | $21.58 | ATH-26721 |
| 470 | $26.98 | | ATH-26722 |
| 497 | $26.98 | $21.58 | ATH-26723 |
| Kansas
City Southern | 307 |  | $26.98 | | ATH-26724 |
| 309 | $26.98 | $21.58 | ATH-26725 |
| 325 | $26.98 | | ATH-26726 |
| The
below information is listed for historical reference. All of these items are now
sold out. | | 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 | | ATH-23230 |
| $29.98 | | 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 | | ATH-23242 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23243 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23244 |
| Southern
Pacific Police |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23250 |
| Southern
Pacific Police |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23251 |
| Burlington
Northern |  | $29.98 |  | ATH-23252 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23253 |
| Western
Pacific Bicentennial |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23256 |
| Chessie
B&O |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23257 |
| Chessie
C&O | | $29.98 | | ATH-23258 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23259 |
| Erie
Lackawanna |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23260 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23261 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23262 |
| Southern
Pacific C-50-9 |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23263 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23264 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23265 |
| Santa
Fe |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23266 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23267 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23268 |
| Erie |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23269 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23270 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23271 |
| Milwaukee
Road |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23272 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23273 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23274 |
| Rock
Island |  | $29.98 | | ATH-23275 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23276 |
| $29.98 | | ATH-23277 |
| Delaware
& Hudson |  | $24.98 | | ATH-23285 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23286 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23287 |
| Southern
Pacific |  | $24.98 | | ATH-23295 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23296 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23297 |
| Baltimore
& Ohio |  | $24.98 | | ATH-23278 |
| Louisville
& Nashville |  | $24.98 | | ATH-23292 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23293 |
| $24.98 | | ATH-23294 |
| Undecorated |  | $24.98 | | ATH-23200 |
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