{"product_id":"rapido-1101020-ho-scale-pge-bc-rail-squamish-caboose-unlettered-red","title":"Rapido 1101020 HO Scale PGE \/ BC Rail Squamish Caboose — Unlettered Red","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order\u003c\/strong\u003e — conditional announcement; delivery date to be announced by Rapido once the project is confirmed for production. A 25% deposit is charged when you order; the balance is due when the item arrives and is ready to ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rapido 1101020 is an HO scale Squamish-built steel caboose in plain red, unlettered, with working lights — ready for your own road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacific Great Eastern's Squamish Shops built the first of these all-steel cabooses in 1968 to replace the road's ageing wooden vans; ten more followed in 1973 in the new British Columbia Railway two-tone green, and a final ten in 1975, for 35 in all. They were the backbone of the BC Rail caboose fleet for three decades, still working north of Prince George — the Takla Loggers, the Fort St. John turn, the Dawson Creek Sub — right up to the CN takeover, and one survives today as a CN Engineering Service crew transporter. First time in plastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper-detailed underbody with all separate air and brake piping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating marker lights, track light and step lights; fully detailed multi-colour interior with cupola handrails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee-through etched-metal end platforms and steps; full end detail including uncoupling levers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModified conductor's side window on the appropriate later cars; separate factory-installed grab irons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper-detailed Barber-Bettendorf caboose trucks with all-wheel pickup; metal semi-scale knuckle couplers at correct height\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested minimum radius 18\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rapido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45399977558198,"sku":"1101020","price":134.36,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/5131\/1286\/files\/rapido-squamish-caboose-unlettered-red.jpg?v=1788372948","url":"https:\/\/oakvillemodeltrains.com\/products\/rapido-1101020-ho-scale-pge-bc-rail-squamish-caboose-unlettered-red","provider":"Oakville Model Trains Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}