Rapido Trains 162004 HO Scale C-40-3 Steel Caboose TNO “Delivery Scheme” 400

Rapido is excited to offer SP’s iconic C-40-3 caboose. including several of the unique paint schemes and car variations that occurred over its long 40+ year service life. Starting in 1940. Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles General Shops constructed 185 C-40-3 cabooses. numbered SP 1050-1234. Additionally. subsidiary Texas New Orleans received 30 C-40-3’s. numbered 400-429.

Beginning in the mid-50s. C-40-3’s went through an initial modernization – train radios were added. marker lamps were replaced with “frogeye” electric marker lights on the roof. the roofwalk on the cupola was removed. wind-wings were added to the cupola’s side windows. and a tool box was replaced with a battery box.

By the 1960s. C-40-3’s began to appear more in local service. and gradually most cars had some windows blanked out and/or window screens added. In the mid-70s. the green and red “frog light” markers were replaced with a single red light. due to an FRA safety mandate. Certain cars had roofwalks removed and end ladders cut down. while others kept roofwalks until retirement.

FEATURES:

• Multiple window styles based on the era
• Multiple roofwalk configurations based on the era
• Working roof marker lights where appropriate
• Full. painted interior
• Operating interior lights
• Multiple optional parts based on era
• Full underframe details
• Factory-installed semi-scale couplers

NOTE: Preliminary artwork and drawings. subject to changes or revisions prior to production.