HO ATHEARN Bay Window Caboose KCS #357 (ATH-2256)

HO Bay Window Caboose in Kansas City Southern livery, road number 357, designed for HO-scale layouts. This model faithfully reproduces the distinctive bay-window design that places the crew in a projecting wall for a better view and safer operation along the side of the train. It arrives fully assembled and ready to run, with clear windows, finely detailed end handrails and ladders, a separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel, and a highly detailed injection-molded body finished with realistic decoration.

Under the shell, Barber-Bettendorf swing-motion caboose trucks with machined metal wheels in RP25 contours provide dependable operation on most HO-track layouts. The car sports body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers and a weighted chassis for smooth, trouble-free running. With a minimum radius of 18 inches, this caboose is a practical, faithful addition to Kansas City Southern freight consists on a wide range of layouts.