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Bachmann - CP Bobber Caboose - Caboose, 26 Foot, Truss Rod - Union Pacific

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N Scale - Bachmann - CP Bobber Caboose - Caboose, 26 Foot, Truss Rod - Union Pacific
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Stock NumberCP Bobber Caboose
Original Retail Price$6.00
BrandBachmann
ManufacturerBachmann
Body StyleBachmann Caboose 21 Foot 2-Axle
Prototype VehicleCaboose, 26 Foot, Truss Rod (Details)
Road or Company NameUnion Pacific (Details)
Reporting MarksUP
Paint Color(s)Red with black roof walks and underframe
Print Color(s)Yellow
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileDeep Flange
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeCaboose
Model Subtype21 Foot
Model Variety2-Axle
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era I: Early Steam (1835 - 1900)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: Price as listed in Walther's "The World of N & Z Scale - 1990"
Prototype History:
The Civil War Era caboose was a fairly primitive piece of equipment. Basically, it was a boxcar with some windows added. Like most cars of that period, the underframe was reinforced with a truss rod. Truss rods have the same purpose as I beams or channel beams do in more mdern equipment; or, the unitized body of automobiles do today. They give strength in the direction needed to support the load placed on the car.

19th century rolling stock was for the most part constructed using wood sheathing.
Road Name History:
The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting mark UP) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad network is the largest in the United States and employs 42,600 people. It is also one of the world's largest transportation companies.

Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP); both are headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Over the years Union Pacific Corporation has grown by acquiring other railroads, notably the Missouri Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Western Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, and the Southern Pacific (including the Denver & Rio Grande Western).

Union Pacific Corporation's main competitor is the BNSF Railway, the nation's second largest freight railroad, which also primarily services the Continental U.S. west of the Mississippi River. Together, the two railroads have a duopoly on all transcontinental freight rail lines in the U.S.

Read more on Wikipedia and on Union Pacific official website.
Brand/Importer Information:
Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading.

Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the home of its North American headquarters, Bachmann is today part of the Kader group, who model products are made at a Chinese Government joint-venture plant in Dongguan, China. Bachmann's brand is the largest seller, in terms of volume, of model trains in the world. Bachmann primarily specializes in entry level train sets, and premium offerings in many scales. The Spectrum line is the high quality, model railroad product line, offered in N, HO, Large Scale, On30, and Williams O gauge all aimed for the hobbyist market. Bachmann is the producer of the famous railroad village product line known as "Plasticville." The turnover for Bachmann model trains for the year ended 31 December 2006 was approximately $46.87 million, a slight increase of 3.36% as compared to 2005.
Item created by: dennis.kamper on 2020-11-15 17:09:13. Last edited by dennis.kamper on 2020-11-15 17:09:14

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