Introduction

Tangent Scale Models 60216-01 IC Centralia Steel Wide Vision Caboose Mid South MSRC 1605

MidSouth Rail Corporation (MSRC) Gray Repaint 1989+ is our second example of an IC Centralia Wide Vision caboose that has found its way to an ICG spin-off railroad. The MidSouth Rail Corporation started operation in 1986, taking over several hundred miles of ex-ICG lines in Mississippi and Louisiana. The MidSouth rostered a few ex-ICG cabooses. This example was repainted by MidSouth into a beautiful gray scheme with a green stripe and tall MIDSOUTH graphics. This MSRC caboose survived the ICG era with its body windows intact but did have its end marker lights plated over. This is a Pullman roof ex-IC car, so it also has all the underframe features to match these 1972 builds, including the IC style battery box. Each piece of lettering is carefully reproduced on this caboose, from the accurate COTS panel data to the NO. 2 DIESEL FUEL lettering on the A-end. Finally, an accurate caboose to put behind those MSRC Geeps!

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Product: IC Centralia Steel Wide-vision Caboose
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 70-Ton Barber or Gould Caboose Roller Bearing with separate brake beam part as appropriate for each paint scheme
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 33 Wheels
• DC/DCC Lighting Features: interior lighting