Introduction

Athearn Genesis G78574 HO Scale ICC Caboose Santa Fe ATSF 999538 with Lights

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provided shelter for the rear end crew. From the cupola or bay windows, the crew could keep a lookout for shifting loads, damaged equipment, and overheating axles. As rail cars became larger in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a real need for cabooses to have greater visibility for the crew. In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose, the sides of the cupola project beyond the side of the car body. This model was introduced by the International Car Company and saw service on most U.S. railroads. The expanded cupola allowed the crew to see past the top of the taller cars that began to appear after World War II, and also increased the roominess of the cupola area.

FEATURES:

• Better than brass detail including roadname and road number specific detail and laser-sharp painting and printing
• Interior seating for the addition of crew figures.
• See-through end platforms and steps
• Flush window glazing
• Wire-form grab irons
• Caboose trucks with animated rotating bearing or static friction bearing caps
• Axle generator details
• Body-mounted McHenry scale knuckle-spring Couplers
• Machined metal RP25 profile wheel sets
• Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
• Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Separate wireform grab irons, etched metal coupler platforms
• Coupler lift bars, trainline hoses, brake hoses, and hardware
• Full underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details
• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Weighted for trouble-free operation
• Window packaging for easy viewing, plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
• Multiple road numbers
• Minimum radius: 18
• LED LIGHT EQUIPPED FEATURES:
• LED lighting for long life and reliable operation
• On-board DCC Decoder by NCE
• Operates in DCC and Analog (DC) with lighting functions controllable in DCC
• Various classes will feature single or dual roof markers, or end-mount marker lights, per prototype and/or era
• LED Interior Lights
• All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode