Introduction

Bachmann 17714 HO Scale Wide Vision Caboose Norfolk Southern NS 555635

The Wide-Vision (sometimes called the Extended-Vision) caboose was designed so that the crews sitting in the cupola area (the top of the caboose) could see past the top of the taller train cars. This design was used and saw service on most U.S. railroads.

FEATURES:

• Detailed, painted bodies with precision graphics
• Separately applied cupola, smokestack, railings, and brake wheels
• Detailed underbody
• Added weight for optimum tracking
• Magnetically operated E-Z Mate Mark II couplers
• Detailed trucks with see-through sideframes
• Blackened metal wheels with RP25 contours
• Product Measurements: L 5.5 in., W 1.5 in., H 2 in.