Uncataloged O Scale Premier Extended Vision Caboose NOW IN STOCK

September 23, 2026 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released an exclusive and uncataloged Premier O Scale Extended Vision Caboose in Air Force One livery for exclusive distribution for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer The Train Loft. The caboose is now available in two different car numbers in very limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis.

Item No. 20-91861 Air Force One Extended Vision Caboose
Car No. 28000
Sale Price: $94.95
Download The Order Form: HERE to order this item from Train Loft.

Item No. 20-91864 Air Force One Extended Vision Caboose
Car No. 29000
Sale Price: $94.95
Download The Order Form: HERE to order this item from Train Loft.

ABOUT THE PREMIER O SCALE EXTENDED VISION CABOOSE

Before railroads, "caboose" referred to a small cookhouse on the deck of a sailing ship. Nobody knows for sure, but it was likely the 1850s before the first railroad caboose gave a train crew shelter from the weather. The Civil War era marked the emergence of boxcarlike cabin cars or conductor’s cars with side and perhaps end doors, windows, a heating and cooking stove, bunks, and roof lanterns to mark the end of the train.

Management often resisted providing such creature comforts to crews, and it would be well into the 1870s before cabooses were widespread on American trains. And although the cupola, known then as a "lookout" or "observatory," first appeared during the Civil War era, flat-roofed cabooses outnumbered cabin cars with cupolas well into the 1880s. By the early 20th century, however, the cupola caboose had attained its final shape, one it would keep until cabooses became extinct in the 1980s.

But while cupola cabooses remained pretty much the same, the freight cars in front of them were changing, becoming ever longer and taller as well. By the end of World War II, taller cars were making it harder and harder for the crewman riding the cupola to do his job: keep an eye on the train ahead. One solution, of course, was the bay window caboose. Another, more popular innovation was the extended vision, or wide vision caboose, which combined the extra width of a bay window with the height advantage of a cupola. Our model depicts the extended vision caboose introduced by International Car Company in 1953 and produced for two decades, which was rostered by railroads from coast to coast. Like diesels and other modern freight cars, this widely owned caboose was part of the postwar shift away from customized, railroad-specific locos and cars toward standardized designs produced in large quantities on efficient assembly lines.

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THRU

The Train Loft
4007-B Country Club Road
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104
336-760-9817
www.trainloft.com
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New Long Island Paint Scheme Added To Premier RS-3 Production

September 8, 2026 - M.T.H. Electric Trains will be adding a third Long Island Premier O Scale RS-3 Diesel Locomotive to this winter's production run announced during the week of August 30th. The third scheme will feature the classic Dashing Dan paint scheme and comes in two different cab numbers in both hi-rail and scale wheel configurations. The locomotives are expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in December 2026.

Check out all 12 paint schemes by going HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the 2026 Premier O Scale 40’ AAR Box Car in SIX different livery configurations next Spring. Each of these offerings are limited in production and expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in May 2027.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.