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[message]Announced Date: | May 2022 |
Released Date: | Sept 2023 |
Individually Boxed: | No - 2 to a case |
Please note - these cabooses have been retooled from previous runs.
MTH is making several tooling changes to make this run of cabooses more attractive and prototypical than previous offerings. The images in today's email do not reflect some of the changes - the steps are being retooled to not flair out as far, the old marker light detail is being changed to a more prototypical look, and the deck floors that were smooth metal will feature wood grain detail. It was difficult to make the digital images look accurate - especially for the steps.
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 with side and perhaps end doors, windows, a heating and cooking stove, bunks, and roof lanterns to mark the end of the train.
But management often resisted providing creature comforts to crews, and it would be well into the 1870s before cabooses were widespread on American trains. While the cupola, known then as a “lookout” or “observatory,” first appeared during the Civil War era, flat-roofed cabooses outnumbered cabin cars with cupolas as late as the 1880s. By the turn of the century, however, the cupola caboose had attained its final shape, one it would keep until cabooses became extinct in the 1980s.
What did change significantly in the early 20th century was the solidity of caboose construction. As with many changes in railroad equipment, it was instigated in part by legislators. The end of a train was a particularly dangerous place to be, and numerous wooden cabooses were crushed by rear-end collisions or simply the brute force of the large pusher locomotives then coming into use. State legislators took note — no doubt prompted by constituents who worked for railroads — and began to demand stronger caboose construction. One example was a 1913 Ohio law mandating steel underframes on cabooses used in pusher service. Since many northeastern railroads ran through Ohio, this law had a widespread effect.
The Premier model represents a typical woodsided, steel underframe caboose built in the early 20th century. While new construction generally switched to all-steel by the 1920s, older wood cabooses with steel underframes were still seen on American railroads into the 1960s.
Different Road Numbers
If the item has multiple road numbers and you order a quantity up to the amount of road numbers, you are guaranteed different numbers.
If we are unable to provide different road numbers, we will contact you.
What does Individually Boxed mean?
Individually boxed is how the item originally arrives as. It's original shipping carton.
For example:
All Lionel engines come individually boxed. So they are good to be shipped out right as they come in.
Most MTH engines come boxed in cases of 3 or 2. In rare occasions they are individually boxes. Which means that this engines individually boxes are good to ship as they are, while those coming in cases of 2 or 3 will need to be re-boxed or can have other items shipped in the original shipping carton.
Most rolling stock come in quantities of 2, 4, or 6. This can be re-boxed if the quantities ordered doesn't match the original shipping carton.
Why this information, we have had a lot of contacts asking if the item is individually boxed, or others asking if they can have the original shipping carton. In most cases, ordering the case amount will get you the carton.
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Want your item inspected? Add our inspection service, there's no charge, though tips are welcome!
Want your items weathered? Select the weathering service most appropriate for your train and select how much weathering you want applied!
For Engines: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts or articulation.
For Rolling Stock: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts.
Need your items decaled or modified? Add a pre-paid return label to your order along with what you want done. Once completed you will be charged for the customization service at Harry's discretion.
Different Road Numbers
If the item has multiple road numbers and you order a quantity up to the amount of road numbers, you are guaranteed different numbers.
If we are unable to provide different road numbers, we will contact you.
What does Individually Boxed mean?
Individually boxed is how the item originally arrives as. It's original shipping carton.
For example:
All Lionel engines come individually boxed. So they are good to be shipped out right as they come in.
Most MTH engines come boxed in cases of 3 or 2. In rare occasions they are individually boxes. Which means that this engines individually boxes are good to ship as they are, while those coming in cases of 2 or 3 will need to be re-boxed or can have other items shipped in the original shipping carton.
Most rolling stock come in quantities of 2, 4, or 6. This can be re-boxed if the quantities ordered doesn't match the original shipping carton.
Why this information, we have had a lot of contacts asking if the item is individually boxed, or others asking if they can have the original shipping carton. In most cases, ordering the case amount will get you the carton.
Add On Services Available
We at MrMuffin'sTrains offer additional services for your trains!
Want your item inspected? Add our inspection service, there's no charge, though tips are welcome!
Want your items weathered? Select the weathering service most appropriate for your train and select how much weathering you want applied!
For Engines: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts or articulation.
For Rolling Stock: Simple style not a lot of small parts or Complex style with a lot of small parts.
Need your items decaled or modified? Add a pre-paid return label to your order along with what you want done. Once completed you will be charged for the customization service at Harry's discretion.
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