| I see that Rapido is offering their wide vision caboose decorated for the Rock Island. I’ve read that this caboose was mainly built and used in Canada. Did the Rock Island ever own any cabooses (cabeese?) of this type? I’m skeptical. Information please. Thank you! |
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The Rapido model is specifically a model of a CP Rail caboose first built in the late sixties; however it’s pretty close to cabooses used by other railroads. I know the Rock did have some “extended vision” cabooses that were similar, but I don’t know how correct the Rapido model would be.
why not go on a photo site like fallen flags and compare the pictures?
grizlump
If the OP goes over to his same question on the Atlas forum, I posted a pic of a real Rock caboose along with a Rapido one.
This has been discussed on the RI Tech Society yahoo group. The RI had wide-vision cupola cabooses and the underframe/wheel base of this model is very close to the RI cars. That’s where the similiarities start to end. The pictures of the model I’ve seen you can definitely see it’s Canadian ancestory. I’ve taken liberties with some of my RI models, but I think I’d pass. It just looks too road specific, especially the coupla, even for me.
Now if I were modelling the Canadian Pacific.
Jeff
Is fallen flags still around? rambo1…
Thanks for the photos that were posted (Atlas forum) wjstix. I’ve looked at them, and the Rapido model doesn’t look too much like the wide visions The Rock had. Think I’ll stick with the Atlas wide vision caboose. Thanks.
Most certainly is: