Mantua Caboose ~ SANTA FE ~ Diecast Chassis & Trucks Rd# AT&SF 7240

Description: We try to be Friendly to our international customers especially with our: UPS Standard to Canada,Very nice Vintage HO Mantua Caboose metal talgo trucks See all our listings Visit: Ika's Train Store It's thought the first experiments with radios in locos and cabooses got started in the 1930s. The antennas were obvious and cumbersome. I think the Pioneer Zephyr at some point had a clothesline-style radio antenna along its roof. The Lackawanna was an early pioneer in using radio in the 1950s and originated the "radio equipped" lightning stripe style designations on locos and cabooses. However, it wasn't until the 1970s that the railroads found radio could be reliable enough for regular dispatching. The PRR tried an induction radio system that was marginal at best in the late 30s radios with vacuum tubes just couldn't handle train vibration. It wasn't until the late 60s that radios became good enough and cheap enough to start equipping road engines. They needed light weight high performance communication and computer capability to get to the moon; and to equip trains. A Caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting freight cars, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Originally flatcars fitted with simple cabins or modified box cars, they later became purpose-built with projections above or to the sides of the car to allow crew to observe the train from shelter. The caboose also served as the conductor's office, and on long routes included accommodation and cooking facilities. The standard form of the American caboose had a platform at either end with curved grab rails to facilitate train crew members' ascent onto a moving train. A caboose was fitted with red lights called markers to enable the rear of the train to be seen at night. This has led to the phrase "bringing up the markers" to describe the last car on a train. These lights were officially what made a train a "train" and were originally lit with oil lamps. With the advent of electricity, later caboose versions incorporated an electricity generator driven by belts coupled to one of the axles, which charged a lead-acid storage battery when the train was in motion. The addition of the cupola, a lookout post atop the car, was introduced in 1863. The position of the cupola varied. In most eastern railroad cabooses, the cupola was in the center of the car, but most western railroads preferred to put it toward the end of the car. Some conductors preferred to have the cupola toward the front, others liked it toward the rear of the train, and some just did not care. ATSF conductors could refuse to be assigned to a train if they did not have their cabooses turned to face the way they preferred. However, this would be a rare union agreement clause that could be used but was not a regular issue. Note #1: I will combine shipping for multiple items. Please purchase the items but do *NOT* pay. I will review and calculate shipping as close as to what I have to pay. I will then forward an invoice with the adjusted shipping. If you do pay ahead of this recalculation, I will refund the shipping difference as part of preparing the items for shipment. Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase and would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you. Note #3: If not previously stated item(s) come from a smoke-free environment with cats. Note #4: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. We have a 4-business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday, it may not get shipping until the following Thursday). We do combine shipping especially when we are asked about it.If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.For our international customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We'll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.

Price: 12.08 USD

Location: London, Ohio

End Time: 2024-12-11T02:16:21.000Z

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