These are the first six road names on our brand new Transfer Cabooses in HO scale. Unlike our last announcement which featured the “short, bay window caboose” this group consists of genuine “Transfer” cabooses. Transfer cabooses were used for cross-town hops between yards. In the post-caboose era they have been used as “shoving platforms” providing a place for the brakeman or conductor to ride and be the engineer’s eyes during long backup moves. They did not have cupolas or bay windows, cots or amenities. In fact many didn’t have electricity. Most were built in the railroad’s own shops. Details will include wire grab irons and cut levers, Kadee #5 couplers, stairway light fixture castings, prototypical variation in marker light placement and free rolling trucks of various designs. Artwork shown here is preliminary and subject to improvement by our crack development staff.

Grand Trunk Western Transfer Cabooses. The GTW built for themselves 24 transfer cabooses from old boxcar components. That’s quite a fleet for a road that size! There is a great deal of variety in lettering placement and slogans on this fleet and we are reflecting that in this release with two different slogans. Also caboose #75061 carries an ACI tag while the other number does not. 34030 Grand Trunk 34030 Grand Trunk Western #75061 “Safety Wears Well”; 34031 Grand Trunk Western #75065 “Take Time To Be Safe”