Walthers #7662 Milwaukee Road Rib Side Caboose #01876

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HO-SCALE by WALTHERS BRAND NEW Platinum Line(TM) Milwaukee Road Rib Side Caboose Ready To Run -- Milwaukee Road w/Herald Milwaukee Road's Trademark Cabooses * Fully Assembled * All Grab Irons Installed * All Detail Parts Added * Metal Wheelsets * Knuckle Couplers * Superb Paint & Lettering * Authentic Milwaukee Road Prototype * All-New Car - First Ever Ready-to-Run Version * Used System-wide from 1939-80s * Roof-Mounted Lantern Smokejack * Side-Mounted Tool Box * Three Period Paint Schemes In the mid-1930s, new and bigger freight cars created visibility problems for crews in caboose cupolas. Starting in 1937, the Milwaukee rebuilt some older wooden cabooses, removing the rooftop cupola and installing new side-mounted bay windows. This experiment proved successful, reducing injuries, improving visibility and putting crews w they could spot problems quickly. By this time, the ever resourceful and cost-conscious Milwaukee also had welded-steel passenger and freight cars with ribbed sides (ribs improved strength while reducing overall weight) in regular service. In 1939, these ideas were combined to create an all-new welded steel bay window caboose with ribbed sides. Two additional ideas were borrowed from the passenger department; trucks were a design first used on some 56' combines built in 1934, and the cars wore the road's signature read more

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