30s-50s Cabooses Feature Oil Stove Upgrade * Body Variation Features Oil Stove Detail * Fully Assembled * All Grab Irons Installed * All Detail Parts Added * RP-25 Metal Wheels * Proto MAX(TM) Metal Knuckle Couplers * Superb Paint & Lettering * Authentic Milwaukee Road Prototype * Used System-wide through 1980s In the mid-1930s, new and bigger freight cars created visibility problems for crews in caboose cupolas. Starting in 1937, the Milwaukee rebuilt some older wooden cabooses, removing the rooftop cupola and installing new side-mounted bay windows. This experiment proved successful, reducing injuries, improving visibility and putting crews where they could spot problems quickly. By this time, the ever resourceful and cost-conscious Milwaukee also had welded-steel passenger and freight cars with ribbed sides (ribs improved strength while reducing overall weight) in regular service. In 1939, these ideas were combined to create an all-new welded steel b
