Baltimore & Ohio class I-18 steel bay-window caboose
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $106.95
Era: 1965 to 1986+
Manufacturer: Tangent Scale Models, P.O. Box 6514, Asheville, NC 28816, 828-412-3886, tangentscalemodels.com
Baltimore & Ohio class I-18 steel bay-window caboose features:
- Era-specific body details, including bay windows and marker lights
- Kadee scale couplers
- Wire grab irons, ladder rungs, roof hand holds, and uncoupling levers
- 70-ton Gould roller-bearing trucks with separate brake beam detail
- See-through Apex running boards, etched-metal end platforms, and steps
- Full underbody details (brake system with brake rods and piping, battery box, electrical plugs and conduit, plumbing detail options, axle generator, and more)
- Illuminated, detailed International Car Co. interior with chairs, bunks, desks, lockers, sink, and toilet
- Available now
Road names: New paint schemes. Chessie System with Baltimore & Ohio reporting marks (1979+ red Chessie safety in one road number, 1973+ repaint version 2 in four numbers, 1974+ gold Chessie safety in one number, and 1979+ in three numbers); Baltimore & Ohio (original blue with 1965 screens in four numbers and 1969+ blue simplified repaint in one number); and New York, Susquehanna & Western (1986+ repaint in one number). Reruns. Chessie System with B&O marks (1980+ Raceland repaint in one number, 1981+ Raceland repaint in one number, and 1982+ in two numbers). Also available as undecorated kit (Pyle and box marker lights).
Company information: Tangent Scale Models, a manufacturer of HO and N scale model trains, is based in Asheville, N.C. The family-owned business made its debut at the 2007 National Train Show.
Reproduced from Tangent Scale Models’ news release May 2022
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