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Transfer Caboose


 

5 Different Versions
  • Version 1. This short body bay window caboose design was developed by International Car and MoPac in the 1970s. Several other railroads used very similar cars. These were assigned to road service and were NOT transfer cabooses.
  • Version 2. Southern Pacific also evaluated the MoPac design, then in 1980 they came up with their own variation with a shorter, diagonal panel roof.
  • Version 3. Transfer Caboose - Long Roof. Transfer Cabooses were usually built by the railroads themselves using materials on hand such as old freight car frames and side sheets from retired boxcars. Since they were meant for cross-town moves between yards, bay windows or coupolas along with other amenities were left off.
  • Version 4. Transfer Caboose - Short Roof. These Transfer Cabooses were built with short, diagonal panel roofs clipped from old boxcars. This practice was very common.
  • Version 5. Transfer Caboose - With Running Board. Most Transfer Cabooses built in 1966 and earlier had running boards (a.k.a. roofwalks) and ladders to reach them. Many kept their running boards until the end of the caboose era. Since this test shot was assembled and photographed, improvements have been made to the ladders.


Road NameImageMSRPOur $Part #
Long Roof Bay Window Version 1

Toledo Peoria & Western #525

$37.95 BLU-21240
Toledo Peoria & Western #526$37.95 BLU-21241
Long Roof Transfer Caboose Version 3
Illinois Central Gulf #199072$37.95 BLU-23120


Illinois Central Gulf #199074		$37.95 BLU-23121
Short Roof Transfer Version 4
MP-Texas & Pacific Dodger Service #13932$37.95 BLU-24320
Santa Fe #1002 $37.95BLU-24380
Santa Fe #1005$37.95 BLU-24381
Grand Trunk Western #75056$37.95 BLU-24410
Great Northern #X180$37.95 BLU-24421
Burlington Northern #11471$37.95 BLU-24430
Running Boards Version 5

 

The Below items are sold out, they are listed here for historical reference only.
Road NameImageMSRPOur $Part #
Long Roof Bay Window Version 1
Undec Long Roof Bay Window Version 1$36.95BLU-21000
Missouri Pacific (red screaming eagle) #13835
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21010
Missouri Pacific (red screaming eagle) #13927
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21011
Union Pacific (yellow) #13737
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21020
L&N Family Lines #6642
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21030
L&N Family Lines #6611
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21031
Clinchfield / Family Lines #1107
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21040
Clinchfield / Family Lines #1110
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21041
Indiana Rail Road #16648
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21050
Missouri Pacific-Union Pacific MoW (Green) #7501
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21060
Missouri Pacific-Union Pacific MoW (Green) #7502
Version 1		$36.95BLU-21061
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis #634$36.95BLU-21070
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis #635$36.95BLU-21071
Illinois Terminal #805$36.95BLU-21080
Illinois Terminal #904$36.95BLU-21081
Buffalo & Pittsburgh (Genesee & Wyoming) #1004$36.95BLU-21090
Willamette & Pacific (Genesee & Wyoming) #1$36.95BLU-21100
B&O #16631 $36.95BLU-21110
CSX #16604
$36.95BLU-21140
CSX #16642$36.95BLU-21141
Indiana Rail Road #31687
$36.95BLU-21150
UP/MP-MOW #7504$36.95BLU-21160
UP #31170$36.95BLU-21170
UP #31737$36.95BLU-21171
Texas Mexican Rwy #316$36.95BLU-21180
Toledo Peoria & Western #525$37.95BLU-21200
Toledo Peoria & Western #526$37.95BLU-21201
Union Railroad #C-1017 $37.95BLU-21210
Union Railroad #C-1014$37.95BLU-21211
Missouri Pacific #13819
$36.95BLU-21130
Missouri Pacific #13847$36.95BLU-21131
CSX #16607$37.95BLU-21190
CSX #16630$37.95BLU-21191
Delaware & Hudson #35729$37.95BLU-21220
Missouri Pacific #13864$37.95BLU-21230
Missouri Pacific #13087$37.95BLU-21231
Long Roof Transfer Caboose Version 3
Norfolk Western #518711
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23010
Norfolk Western #518741
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23011
Monon #81551
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23020
Monon #81552
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23021
Illinois Central Gulf #199081
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23030
Illinois Central Gulf #199085
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23031
Erie Lackawanna #T-24
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23040
Erie Lackawanna #T-30
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23041
Chicago & Eastern Illinois #515
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23050
Chicago & Eastern Illinois #520
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23051
Green Bay & Western
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23060
$36.95BLU-23061
Chessie - B&O
Version 3		$36.95BLU-23070
Louisville & Nashville #950$36.95BLU-23080
Louisville & Nashville #952$36.95BLU-23081
Norfolk & Western #518717$36.95BLU-23090
Norfolk & Western #518730$36.95BLU-23091
Chessie B&O #C3051$37.95BLU-23100
Elgin Joliet & Eastern #192$37.95BLU-23110
Family Lines L&N #58$37.95BLU-23130
Napierville Junction Railroad #39$37.95BLU-23140
Short Roof Bay Window Version 2
Undec Short Roof Version 2$36.95BLU-22000
Southern Pacific #1
Version 2		$38.95BLU-22010
Southern Pacific #1$36.95BLU-22020
Southern Pacific #1 Large SP$36.95BLU-22021
Short Roof Transfer Version 4
Undec Short Roof Transfer Version 4 $36.95BLU-24000
Kansas City Southern #391$37.95BLU-24300
Kansas City Southern #397$37.95BLU-24301
Missouri Pacific #11922$37.95BLU-24310
Missouri Pacific #11904$37.95BLU-24311
Conrail #18046
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24010
Conrail #18228
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24011
Indiana Harbor Belt #4
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24020
Indiana Harbor Belt #8
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24021
Grand Trunk Western w/ACI Tag #75061 "Safety Wears Well"
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24030
Grand Trunk Western no ACI Tag #75065 "Take Time To Be Safe"
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24031
Amtrak #14034
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24040
Amtrak #14032 (Amtrack above window)
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24041
Kansas City Southern #677
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24050
Kansas City Southern #682
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24051
Great Northern #X177 "Your Safety Is Up To You"
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24060
Great Northern #X178 "What's Your Safety Score Today?"
Version 4		$36.95BLU-24061
Chicago & North Western #12503$36.95BLU-24070
Chicago & North Western #12512$36.95BLU-24071
Alton & Southern #7$36.95BLU-24080
Alton & Southern #13937$36.95BLU-24081
Elgin Joliet & Eastern #187$36.95BLU-24090
Elgin Joliet & Eastern #195$36.95BLU-24091
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie #556$36.95BLU-24100
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie #569$36.95BLU-24101
Wisconsin & Southern #X110$36.95BLU-24110
Central Michigan #1$36.95BLU-24120
Delaware-Lackawanna #C703$36.95BLU-24130
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines #250$36.95BLU-24140
Burlington Northern #11474$36.95BLU-24150
Finger Lakes Railway #201$36.95BLU-24160
Finger Lakes Railway #202$36.95BLU-24161
Santa Fe #1001 $36.95BLU-24180
Santa Fe #1007$36.95BLU-24181
Frisco #1311
$36.95BLU-24190
Frisco #1339$36.95BLU-24191
Missouri-Kansas-Texas #73 $36.95BLU-24200
Missouri-Kansas-Texas #74$36.95BLU-24201
Peoria & Eastern #1601$36.95BLU-24210
Conrail #18235 $36.95BLU-24220
Conrail #18308$36.95BLU-24221
Indiana Harbor Belt #14$36.95BLU-24230
Ohio Central$36.95BLU-24240
Indiana Harbor Belt #20$36.95BLU-24231
Conrail #18089$37.95BLU-24270
Conrail #18057$37.95BLU-24271
Southern Pacific #907$37.95BLU-24280
Southern Pacific #919$37.95BLU-24281
Indiana Harbor Belt #10$37.95BLU-24290
Indiana Harbor Belt #11$37.95BLU-24291
Metra #2002$36.95BLU-24170
New York Central #18155$37.95BLU-24330
New York Central #18149$37.95BLU-24331
Central Indiana Rwy #67$37.95BLU-24340
Southern #XC-1 $37.95BLU-24350
Southern #XC-4$37.95BLU-24351
Rock Island #19138 $37.95BLU-24360
Rock Island#19125 $37.95BLU-24361
Chicago & North Western #12520$37.95BLU-24370
Chicago & North Western #12529$37.95BLU-24371
Union Pacific #3288 $37.95BLU-24390
Union Pacific #3303$37.95BLU-24391
Penn Central #18227$37.95BLU-24400
Penn Central #18333$37.95BLU-24401
Grand Trunk Western #75056$37.95BLU-24411
Great Northern #X179$37.95BLU-24420
Frisco #1306$37.95BLU-24440
Frisco #1326$37.95BLU-24441
Burlington Northern #11473$37.95BLU-24450
Running Boards Version 5
Undec$36.95BLU-25000
New York Central$36.95BLU-25010
$36.95BLU-25011
Rock Island$36.95BLU-25020
Rock Island$36.95BLU-25021
Penn Central$36.95BLU-25030
$36.95BLU-25031
Chicago Great Western$36.95BLU-25040
$36.95BLU-25041
Missouri -Kansas-Texas$36.95BLU-25050
Southern$36.95BLU-25060
$36.95BLU-25061
Gulf Mobile & Ohio #2973$36.95BLU-25070
Gulf Mobile & Ohio #2977$36.95BLU-25071
Chicago & North Western #12527$37.95BLU-25090
Chicago & North Western #12520$37.95BLU-25091
Detroit Terminal #35$37.95BLU-25100
Chicago & Illinois Midland$36.95BLU-25080


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