Tangent Norfolk & Western (NW) Red Repaint 1982+ DSI/SLCC Bay Window Caboose #557988

• Product: Despatch Shops Inc. NYC Lot 782 – N7 Class Steel Bay Window Caboose
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 70-ton Gould plain-bearing trucks with separate brake beam parts
• Wheels: CNC-machined standard RP25 .110” tread 33” wheels
• DC/DCC Lighting Features: Interior Lights and Flashing FRA Red Lights

Norfolk & Western (NW) “Red Repaint 1982+” is the final paint scheme to be applied to the ITC St. Louis Car Co. caboose fleet.  The NW took over operations of the ITC in 1981 and refurbished several of the ITC cabooses in 1982 for local and transfer service.  It is amazing what a fresh coat of caboose red and white NW graphics can do!  The prototype side windows have been plated over, and the rooftop walkways and end ladders are long gone.  This model features these same modernizations, and make sure that you check out the intricate roof walkway metal brackets.  You can see the individual walkway bolt holes on top of each one!  These are the finest walkway brackets available in HO Scale.  The ends of the caboose feature era-appropriate flashing FRA red lights.  The underframe has also lost the equipment boxes and toilet pipe.  The interior of the caboose is lit, which can still be seen through those big bay windows.  We kept getting asked from the NW guys about this scheme, so now’s your chance to have a little bit of the 1980s in your caboose fleet.