This is a review of Tangent's H.O. Scale IC Centralia Steel Wide Vision Caboose in both Illinois Central (as delivered 1970) and Illinois Central Gulf (repaint, updated 1978). These were released in November 2022.
I keep an eye out for your updates. Always so professional and informative. I was at a Train Show last weekend and Spring Creek Models had a whole bunch of Tangent stuff along with these Cabooses. I pick one up - very nice models. Keep the Videos coming!
Great review! I love the Tangent caboose, the B&O ones are so nice! I was very happy when I saw the announcement for this one. IC ICG and CN coming my way ;)
Thanks, Tom. Great question! Locomotives used to have classification lights (red, white and green) someone on the front of the locomotive. The green light signaled it was a regularly scheduled train, the white light meant the train was an "extra" that was not scheduled but in use due to demand and the red light indicated the end/rear of a train. Some locomotives being used for pushing duties needed the red light. Otherwise, the cabooses had, at minimum, a red light. I am not 100% sure why the IC included a green and red signal on their cabooses when they were quickly phased out to the FRED (flashing rear end device). You can do an internet search on "locomotive classification lights" and you will find a lot of information. Some H.O. scale trains, like ScaleTrains.com have working classification lights on their locomotives. Athearn is starting to incorporate them as well.
White River publications has several books about the Illinois Central (Gulf) railroad. Honestly, your best bet is to just go to eBay and search for "Illinois Central book" and see what pops up.
I would love to talk on the phone with you about a couple installs I'd like to do I get a lot out of your videos but obviously one of your videos is no longer available I need to talk with you about an install I need to do on a walthers sw7. If this is something you would like to do I would love to chat
Hi Dan. The video where I install a decoder in a Walthers SW7 is still up: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-74yZTJSAz6g.html Let me know if that works. You can also email my yahoo account. CK7813
