Lionel O 2531022 3-Rail Class Y6B 2-8-8-2, Norfolk

ATHEARN GENESIS ICC CABOOSE PROTOTYPE INFO:

The Muskogee Company holding firm (which controlled the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, Midland Valley, and Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka railways), found itself in need of new cabooses in 1951. They placed an order for 15 steel cars from the International Car Company. Built as ICC job No 104 between June and September 1952, the cars featured leaf-spring swing-motion trucks, Apex roofwalks, four bunk beds, conductor’s desk, and a 40-gallon water tank. These cars were a big improvement over the existing wooden and homebuilt cars, and as such, allowed many older cabooses to be placed into MOW service or retired altogether. In 1954, a horizontal white trim stripe was added to the cars, and the safety appliances were repainted from white to silver. By the late 1950s, the Sooner to and through the Southwest slogan had been applied to the cars.

As the Muskogee Road’s stock came under the ownership of Missouri Pacific in 1964, the cabooses began to be repainted into MP colors. The cars were eventually renumbered into T&P series 13231-13245. In addition, they recieved a rebuilding at the Sedalia, Mo, shops during 1965-1966, where they recieved radio equipment and an oil-burning stove with 60-gallon tank, which caused one of the side windows to be plated over. Later in life, the cars were renumbered into MP series 12231-12245 and were regulated to local, yard, or transfer service only. As of 1985, only two remained on the MP system. Now, KO&G and MP modelers can add a truly Genesis-quality caboose to their roster, with approproate markings and road numbers for a variety of modeling eras. – Rephrased from Pitts, J.J. 1985.The KO&G’s International Car Cabooses. The Eagle pp 5-15

ATHEARN GENESIS ICC CABOOSE 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
Lighting functions in DCC with brightness control (no magnetic wands to keep track of or lose)
See-through end platforms and steps
Etched metal window screens on door and some side windows
Flush window glazing
Wire-form grab irons
Caboose trucks with rotating roller bearing caps
Axle generator details
Body-mounted McHenry scale knuckle-spring Couplers
Multiple road numbers
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
Fully-assembled and ready-to-run out of the box
Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Window packaging for easy viewing, plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Minimum radius: 18

SOUND-EQUIPPED MODELS ALSO FEATURE:

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 (not all cars have marker lights)
LED lighting for long life and reliable operation
LED interior and marker lights with brightness control
All functions NMRA compatible in DCC mode