Looking to depict the Indiana Harbor Belt in the "post-caboose" era, when these stripped-down cars survived as shoving platforms on Chicago's belt railroads? Bowser's N9 class transfer caboose, in the 1980s black-and-orange scheme, is exactly the piece you need. Short and functional, this type of caboose handled yard-to-yard hops across the city — the IHB's daily bread. The flashing FRA end markers add a welcome touch of life to the rear of your trains.
Bowser here recreates a prototype rooted in Chicago railroad history: a major terminal carrier controlled by the New York Central for most of its life, the IHB transferred blocks of cars between connections on both sides of the city. NYC/PC built about twenty of these transfer cabooses for the IHB, originally in green paint. This black-and-orange livery, adopted in 1983, marks the late period of their careers, when the caboose was already giving way to electronic end-of-train devices. As spartan as the prototype (no cupola, no bay window, a permanently mounted oil tank on one porch), this caboose perfectly captures urban transfer service. The Indiana Harbor Belt livery will especially appeal to customers modeling the Chicago region in the 1980s. Ready to run and finely detailed, this model brings your trains the realism Bowser is known for.
Features:
- HO scale (1:87)
- N9 class transfer caboose
- Indiana Harbor Belt (IHB) livery, black and orange, 1980s era
- Flashing FRA end marker lights
- Ready-to-run (RTR)
- Interior lighting included
- Detailed interior
- Prototype-faithful molded details (no roofwalks or ladders, per the N9)
- Factory-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
- Free-rolling trucks with metal wheels
- Ideal for yard-to-yard transfer moves, Chicago region
Looking to depict the Indiana Harbor Belt in the "post-caboose" era, when these stripped-down cars survived as shoving platforms on Chicago's belt railroads? Bowser's N9 class transfer caboose, in the 1980s black-and-orange scheme, is exactly the piece you need. Short and functional, this type of caboose handled yard-to-yard hops across the city — the IHB's daily bread. The flashing FRA end markers add a welcome touch of life to the rear of your trains.
Bowser here recreates a prototype rooted in Chicago railroad history: a major terminal carrier controlled by the New York Central for most of its life, the IHB transferred blocks of cars between connections on both sides of the city. NYC/PC built about twenty of these transfer cabooses for the IHB, originally in green paint. This black-and-orange livery, adopted in 1983, marks the late period of their careers, when the caboose was already giving way to electronic end-of-train devices. As spartan as the prototype (no cupola, no bay window, a permanently mounted oil tank on one porch), this caboose perfectly captures urban transfer service. The Indiana Harbor Belt livery will especially appeal to customers modeling the Chicago region in the 1980s. Ready to run and finely detailed, this model brings your trains the realism Bowser is known for.
Features:
- HO scale (1:87)
- N9 class transfer caboose
- Indiana Harbor Belt (IHB) livery, black and orange, 1980s era
- Flashing FRA end marker lights
- Ready-to-run (RTR)
- Interior lighting included
- Detailed interior
- Prototype-faithful molded details (no roofwalks or ladders, per the N9)
- Factory-mounted magnetic knuckle couplers
- Free-rolling trucks with metal wheels
- Ideal for yard-to-yard transfer moves, Chicago region