O Susquehanna Steel Caboose

Like most pieces of railroad equipment, this caboose wasshaped in part by regulatory requirements – in this case, a proposedPennsylvania law requiring cabooses on throughfreights to be 8-wheeledand at least 24′ long. Based on a wood-sheathed 1920 USRA design, thissteel caboose was a 1924 Reading Company design that became sowidespreadin the mid-Atlantic region that railfans dubbed it theNortheastern Caboose.

Besides the Reading, original owners included the WesternMaryland, Lehigh Valley, Central Railroad of New Jersey and severalother lines. Through mergers and acquisitions,these “crummies”eventually found themselves in new paint schemes ranging from ChessieSystem yellow to Conrail blue. Later in life, many went to second andthird owners as far afield as Maine, Ohio, Iowa, and Louisiana.

High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Carsprovide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gaugerailroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars,including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era orpart of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to havesomething for you.