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NKP "War Emergency" Caboose - Oxide/O5W

Price: $339.00
Availability: in stock

  • Beautiful brass by Ajin.
  • Imported exclusively for Nickel Plate Models by Overland.
  • Correct, leaf-spring AAR caboose trucks as per prototype (SEE NOTE 1).
  • ------ brass, unsprung, standard O-gauge to current wheel width and tread standards: “O5W”.
  • ------ turned metal wheels and insulated metal axles.
  • ------ trucks and wheels pre-blackened. 
  • Draft gear drilled and tapped so that KadeeTM couplers and coupler boxes can be installed at the proper height, without modification.
  • Custom decorated in older, oxide red paint scheme using baked-on Scalecoat paint, custom-made hard-to-detect decals, and clear-coat.
  • Packaged in foam-cushioned box.
  • Acknowledgement of shipment when ready.
  • Allow six weeks for painting and delivery.
  • Use Nickel Plate Models Mail-Order Form to order.
  • Shipping & Handling extra.

NOTE 1 - These cabooses originally kept their T-Section Bettendorf freight trucks, which are NOT supplied. Can be retrofitted by the modeler.

Photos by Howard W. Ameling.