Description

Coast Guard Scheme

The so-called Northeastern Design Caboose was one of the first mass-produced all-steel construction cabooses. Originally designed by the Reading Company in the early 1920s, it was based in a proposed USRA design car, although the USRA design called for wood sheathing. The Reading built 285 cars, spread through several classes. The earliest cars had solid underframes, but later cars were equipped with Duryea cushion underframes.

Features:
Three styles of truck: Andrews, Birdsboro and Taylor
Two different cupola roofs
Two-tread or three-tread steps
Two different sides – standard and Lehigh Valley with rain gutters above the windows
Three different ends walls – Solid (RDG, CNJ), single window (LV) and double window (WM)
Two running boards: Integral diamond-tread and Alan Wood Superior
Multiple optional parts including stacks, window blanks, etched window frames and screens, tool boxes and more!
Full underbody detail
Turned metal wheels
Operating interior lights
Factory-equipped with Kadee #158 couplers