Chessie System (B&O) “Dark Blue Chessie Safety 1973+”ICC B&O I-18 Steel Bay Window Caboose

• Product: ICC B&O I-18 Steel Bay Window Caboose
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 70-Ton Gould Caboose Roller Bearing with separate brake beam part
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 33″ Wheels
• DC/DCC Lighting Features: Interior lights (dim!), Scale-size Pyle lanterns

Chessie System (B&O) “Dark Blue Chessie Safety 1973+” delivers an all-new accurate Chessie Safety Caboose.  The B&O DuBois Shops painted C-3028 into this sharp looking dark blue and silver combination in late 1973.  Those black trucks really stand out!  The caboose reminded employees with its “SAFE TODAY – HERE TOMORROW” slogan.  Chessie Safety cabooses ran system-wide and were even part of an employee spotting contest in 1974, where the winner who spotted the most cabooses won a clock radio!  1973 era-appropriate underframe details include the toilet dump pipe and battery box.  Lighting features on our model  include prototypically dim interior lights as well as lit Pyle lanterns.  This NEW scheme is available in one prototypically accurate number