This is MTH 30-77241 O Virginia & Truckee Woodside Caboose/19th Century. Woodsided caboose (19th century), Virginia & Truckee. Car number: 12. Before railroads, “caboose referred to a small cookhouse on the deck of a sailing ship. Nobody knows for sure, but it was likely the 1850s before the first railroad caboose gave a train crew shelter from the weather. The Civil War era marked the emergence of boxcar-like cabin cars or conductor’s cars in the style of our model, with side and perhaps end doors, windows, a heating and cooking stove, bunks, and roof lanterns to mark the end of the train.
Management often resisted providing such creature comforts to crews, and it would be well into the 1870s before cabooses were widespread on American trains. And although the cupola, known then as a “lookout or “observatory, first appeared during the Civil War era, flat-roofed cabooses like our model outnumbered cabin cars with cupolas well into the 1880s.
High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.
Its key features are: Intricately detailed durable ABS body Metal wheels and axles Diecast 4-wheel trucks Operating diecast metal couplers Colorful, attractive paint schemes Fast-angle wheel sets Needle-point axles Operating interior lighting Unit measures: 9 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3 11/16 Operates on O-27 curves
Condition: Factory New (C-9) Operational Status:Functional Original Box: Yes (P-9)
Manufacturer: MTH Model Number: 30-77241 Road Name: Virginia & Truckee (VT) MSRP: $54.95
Scale/Era: O Modern Model Type: Freight Cars
The Trainz SKU for this item is P11980992.
Trainz Product Id: 11980992
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