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CABOOSE MODELS

This update supercedes all previously posted information.

Brand/Sku	HO CABOOSE KITS Red Ball 2000 series are brand new styrene body kits with etched brass details. See railings for Athearn caboses on RED BALL Page. See molded steps, cupolas. ends & doors on the CAR & TRUCK page (Red Ball) and the BETHLEHEM CAR page. For Grabs,stirrups & wire railings see TICHY page	Price Undecorated Less trucks & cplrs unless noted	UPDATED May2,2007 This chart supercedes all other information on this website or previously published
	Other scales: See O,S or N Page Red Ball has 772 prefix Cannonball Car has 197 prefix Eastern Car Works has 117 prefix	Reserve now at pre release prices "PR"
772-1701	Etched brass End Railing for Athearn wide vision caboose	$9.95	Avail now
772-1702	Etched brass End Railing for SP Bay Window Ath conversion	$9.95	Avail now
	Akron , Canton & Youngstown RR
772-2031	Ex N&W Cg		See N&W update
	Atlantic & Danville Ry
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
	Atlantic & Yadkin Ry
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W Update
	Baltimore & Ohio
772-2001	I-1 Wood Type 4 window Updated platform,steps	PR $29.95	Tooling well along
772-2009	I-5 Wood/steel type	PR $29.95	Tooling in progress
	Bangor & Aroostook
772-95	Converted Troop Sleeper LTD Series Choice o4 2 on each side	Reserve At pre release price $49.95	Tooling completed for brass sided styrene kit. More reservations needed to start production
	Boston & Albany
772-2061	2061 Wood Type		Tooling in design
	Canadian National
772-2057	Wood Type Class 9&10		Tooling in design
	Central New Jersey
117-4000	Steel Northeastern	$20.00	Temp Unavailable.
	Chesapeake & Ohio
117-4000	Steel Northeastern correct ends But wrong steps	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
772-2012	Ex-Hocking Vly#90,000		Tooling in design
197-9709	Converted Troop Slpr	$12.95	Available now
	Chesapeake Western Ry
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
772-2031	Ex N&W Cg		See N&W update
	Conrail
117-4000	Steel Northeastern	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
	Delaware & Hudson
772-2019	Wood #35909		Tooling in design
	DL&W
772-2020	Wood #723		Tooling in design
	D&RGW
772-2060	Gould		Tooling advanced in design
	Detroit & Mackinac
772-94	Converted Troop Sleeper	PR $49.95	Tooling complete Brass & Styrene LTD needs more reservations to produce
	Erie
772-2021	Wood type #0497		Tooling in design
	Grand Trunk Western
772-2057	Wood class 9&10		See CNR for updates
	Interstate RR
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
	Great Northern
772-2024	Wood #X611		Tooling in design
	L&HR
117-4000	Steel Northeastern	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
	L&NE
117-4000	Steel Northeastern	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
	Lehigh Valley
117-4000	Steel Northeastern	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
	Missouri Pacific
772-2060	Gould		Tooling advanced in design
	Monon
197-9705	Converted WWII Kitchen Car	$29.95	Now Avail
772-2040	Wood		Design
	NC&StL
772-4372	Outside Braced Red Ball Heritage Rerun	PR $25	2007/2008
	NYC
772-2036	Wood 19000	PR $29.95	Toolin nearly complete
	NKP
772-2011	#1252-1281 ex C&O		In Design
772-2010	LE&W 100 Series		In Design
	Norfolk & Western
772-2030	Wood Class Cf	PR$29.95	Tooling well along
772-2031	Steel Class Cg		Tooling moving along
772-2058	Steel Class Ch		Tooling Moving along
	Norfolk , Franklin & Danville Ry
772-2031	Ex N&W Cg		See N&W update
	Oregon & Northwestern RR
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf numbered #300		See N&W update
	Ortner Co
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
	Portsmouth Belt Line RR
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
	PRR
	Ex X23 Boxcar		Red Ball reissue coming
	RDG
117-4000	Northeastern steel	$20.00	Temp Unavail
	Rutland
772-2036	Wood	PR $29,.95	See NYC for update
	Sacramento Northern
772-2060	Gould		Tooling underway
	Seaboard Air Line Ry
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf fleet		See N&W update
	SOUTHERN
772-2034	Wood #2569		In design
	Southern Pacific
772-2041	Wood		On hold
	Tennessee , Alabama & Georgia Ry
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
	Union Pacific
772-2035	Wood #2640		In design
	US NAVY
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update
197-9705	Troop Kitchen Car	$29.95	Avail
	US ARMY
197-9705	Troop Kitchen Car	$29.95	Avail
	US ATOMIC ENERGY COM.
197-9705	Troop Kitchen Car	$29.95	Avail
	Virginian
772-2039	C1-2 Wood Type	PR $29.95	Tooling in progress
772-2058.1	C10 Steel		Tooling in progress
	Wabash
772-2030	Ex N&W Cf wood	PR $29.95	See N&W Cf for update
772-4371	Red Ball Heritage reissue, banjo cupola	PR $29,95	Soon
	Western Maryland
117-4000	Northeastern steel	$20.00	Temp Unavailable
	Winston Salem Southbound
772-1030	Ex N&W Cf		See N&W update

Q and A

Yes Red Ball will consider other prototypes if resources are made available--like plans and photos. We have listed MANY roads already in our lineup.

Yes Red Ball will sell bulk lots to dealers or societies to paint and letter exclusive products. Our regular production will be unpainted. Bulk orders should be placed BEFORE release.

Yes Red Ball bodies will be injection molded in red styrene and easily assembled. Detail parts will be cast in styrene or metal as appropriate and etched in brass. The kits will be highly detailed and designed so you can add trucks and detail the interior as you wish.

Yes The new Red Ball kits are prototype specific, crisply detailed and we still have a pricing goal of under $30 a kit despite the long engineering effort and escalating styrene, shipping and molding energy prices.

No, Red Ball kits will not remain in open stock. They will be limited editions. We may rerun some models in time but our plan is to bring a constant stream of new kits. That will not allow keeping the old ones in stock for long periods. We will plan on 6 to 15 month availability periods.

No, Red Ball will not intentionally produce cars that someone else offers. Should our tooling already be in progress when a group makes resin kits or an importer runs to China we will not abandon the kilobuck investment we have already made. It is no secret what we have scheduled. Special road societies interested in promoting their road with economical kits for general availability should avoid "creaming" the market for their road with dozens or a few hundred resin kits. We are planning on roads for which mass producers would not turn off their alarm clocks but we must recognize over a thousand kits sold to justify mold making and design costs.

Yes The Red Ball B&O cabooses will allow variation in prototypical platform and step designs to be modeled. The first kits will be 4 window sides. Later reruns are expected to have window variations. No two of the prototypes we have studied are identical you know.

ADDITIONAL CABOOSES FROM AT&SF, B&O, NYC, MC, NP, B&A, Frisco, Southern, CPR are under active study. Availability of good plans (diagrams are usually insufficient) and photos from modelers has added to our list-and we are most willing to consider additional models.

PROTOTYPICALLY CORRECT HO CABOOSE S
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MASS PRODUCED CABOOSE CARS NORMALLY APPEAR IN MANY PAINT SCHEMES, BUT ARE ONLY CORRECT FOR ONE OR A HANDFUL OF RAILROADS. In the late years of caboose production, a few rather standardized designs emerged which may be properly lettered for several roads, perhaps with a slight discrepancy of a window or other detail. Earlier caboose cars, however, were generally unique to the originating railroad. Athearn's cupola caboose, for instance, is a Santa Fe prototype. A nearly identical car (one window needs blanking) was also run by the Wabash (and later the N&W). By judicious substitution of a Tyco streamlined cupola, the car could be transformed into a second Wabash car. The Walthers bay window caboose is correct for NYC and the Varney steel bay window car closely resembled a B&O car/. Other out- of- production brands are sought by specific road modellers. Roundhouse's variety of cars typically have a prototype as well. Pennsy modellers have been blessed by a variety of correct cars from Bowser. Limited hand poured "exclusive" cars appear from time to time, but specific prototype cars generally seem elusive for hobby shops. Model Railroad Warehouse specializes in road specific prototype kits by a variety of manufacturers which are available through better train shops or direct if you have no stocking MRRW dealer Some kits listed are announced TBA indicating they are nearing release but are not available at this time:

NYC Rutland - Caboose Kit

Not available yet

Well, we are still holding our tongue about the exciting pending release of our new styrene series of Redball Cabooses.

Watch here for the absolute first word on these exciting kits!

�MRRWAREHOUSE

Troop Sleeper cars were converted to cabooses on several railroads, the Bangor and Aroostook
 being best known. There is more information on our TROOP CAR page.  Conversion kits of the
 BAR and D&M cars have been tooled by Red Ball and are listed on the LTD Series page.
 These kits will only be produced in small batches to fill advanced orders.
 Here are a few BAR links of colorful BAR (no two alike) conversions.

  WOW!!!
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2004013117132420196.jpg&byrail%3A38%3ABangor_and_Aroostook

 Massive Bay Window!
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2001082620413912344.jpg&byrail%3A83%3ABangor_and_Aroostook
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=barc10.jpg&byrail%3A99%3ABangor_and_Aroostook
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2000090219370030921.jpg&byrail%3A92%3ABangor_and_Aroostook

 Heater Car!
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2005011611073525613.jpg&byrail%3A19%3ABangor_and_Aroostook
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=200402172148439280.jpg&byrail%3A35%3ABangor_and_Aroostook

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CABOOSE MODELS

HO CABOOSE KITS

UPDATED May2,2007

Other scales: See O,S or N Page

Etched brass End Railing for Athearn wide vision caboose

Avail now

Etched brass End Railing for SP Bay Window Ath conversion

Avail now

Akron , Canton & Youngstown RR

Ex N&W Cg

See N&W update

Atlantic & Danville Ry

Ex N&W Cf

See N&W update

Atlantic & Yadkin Ry

Ex N&W Cf

See N&W Update

Baltimore & Ohio

I-1 Wood Type 4 window

Tooling well along

I-5 Wood/steel type

Tooling in progress

Bangor & Aroostook

Boston & Albany

Canadian National

Central New Jersey

Chesapeake & Ohio

Chesapeake Western Ry

Conrail

Delaware & Hudson

DL&W

D&RGW

Erie

Grand Trunk Western

Interstate RR

Great Northern

L&HR

L&NE

Lehigh Valley

Missouri Pacific

Monon

NC&StL

NYC

NKP

Norfolk & Western

Norfolk , Franklin & Danville Ry

Oregon & Northwestern RR

Ortner Co

Portsmouth Belt Line RR

PRR

RDG

Northeastern steel

Rutland

Wood

Sacramento Northern

Gould

Seaboard Air Line Ry

Ex N&W Cf fleet

SOUTHERN

Wood #2569

Southern Pacific

Wood

Tennessee , Alabama & Georgia Ry

Ex N&W Cf

Union Pacific

Wood #2640

US NAVY

Ex N&W Cf

Troop Kitchen Car

US ARMY

Troop Kitchen Car

US ATOMIC ENERGY COM.

Troop Kitchen Car

Virginian

C1-2 Wood Type

Wabash

Western Maryland

Winston Salem Southbound

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