Rapido Trains 162011 HO Scale C-40-3 Steel Caboose Southern Pacific "Serif " SP 1101
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: Road number may vary from picture shown. Preliminary artwork and drawings, subject to changes or revisions prior to production.