Extended-vision Cabooses

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Modern Models

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Style:

extended-vision

Body:

steel

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1987

Qty Made:

125 of Type I, 40 of Type II

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

scale

Magazine Article:

S Gauge Herald, Dec 1986, pg 15 (product announcement)

Online Article:

Photos of Bill Lane's Model

Notes:

Available as Type I with closed-spaced cupola windows (D&RGW and others), and Type II (Frisco) with wide-spaced cupola windows. These models were imported by Overland (part #OMI-4006) and distributed by Modern Models. This was the only product the company ever produced. The models feature underbody details, Barber swing-motion roller-bearing equalized trucks, sliding cupola windows, operating end doors, interior details for the cupola, and additional detailing parts.

This, and the previous photo, prove that Modern Models used Overland to produce this model.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00217

Prototype Info

Style:

extended-vision

Body:

steel

Year/Era:

1968

Manufacturer:

International Car Company

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

1999

Qty Made:

100

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale & hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Lighted:

yes!

Notes:

Includes full interior with a hand-painted two-man crew, "swing motion" sprung trucks, brass running boards, and opening end doors.

The original, factory-painted but undecorated model.

Holt Apgar decorated his model for the D&H. He repainted it into the 1959 delivery scheme for D&H #35710 through 35719, from builder Int'l Car Co. The roof, end-rails, ladders, roof-walk, and hand-rails were brush-painted with Testors Model Master enamels. Decals came from Microscale. The lights, lanterns, and a two-man crew were parts from S-Helper Service.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

ScaleTrains (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

SXT75152

Prototype Info

Style:

extended-vision

Body:

steel

Year/Era:

1953

Manufacturer:

International Car Company

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2024

Product Type:

plastic kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale & hi-rail

Couplers:

AF & scale

Lighted:

yes!

Notes:

Includes full interior with a hand-painted two-man crew, "swing motion" sprung trucks, brass running boards, and opening end doors. The undecorated version comes as a kit of sorts, to allow the modeler to be able to paint the various parts before final assembly.