HO GEN ICC Cupola Caboose Lights, MP #13239

ATHEARN GENESIS ICC CABOOSE PROTOTYPE INFO:

The Muskogee Company holding firm (which controlled the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, Midland Valley, and Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka railways), found itself in need of new cabooses in 1951. They placed an order for 15 steel cars from the International Car Company. Built as ICC job No 104 between June and September 1952, the cars featured leaf-spring swing-motion trucks, Apex roofwalks, four bunk beds, conductor's desk, and a 40-gallon water tank. These cars were a big improvement over the existing wooden and homebuilt cars, and as such, allowed many older cabooses to be placed into MOW service or retired altogether. In 1954, a horizontal white trim stripe was added to the cars, and the safety appliances were repainted from white to silver. By the late 1950s, the “Sooner to and through the Southwest” slogan had been applied to the cars.

As the Muskogee Road's stock came under the ownership of Missouri Pacific in 1964, the cabooses began to be repainted into MP colors. The cars were eventually renumbered into T&P series 13231-13245. In addition, they recieved a rebuilding at the Sedalia, Mo, shops during 1965-1966, where they recieved radio equipment and an oil-burning stove with 60-gallon tank, which caused one of the side windows to be plated over. Later in life, the cars were renumbered into MP series 12231-12245 and were regulated to local, yard, or transfer service only. As of 1985, only two remained on the MP system. Now, KO&G and MP modelers can add a truly Genesis-quality caboose to their roster, with approproate markings and road numbers for a variety of modeling eras.” - Rephrased from Pitts, J.J. 1985. “The KO&G's International Car Cabooses”. The Eagle pp 5-15