{"title":"Rapido HO Freight Cars - Cabooses (August 2023)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"preorder-rapido-ho-162022-sp-class-c-40-3-steel-caboose-no-roofwalk-sierra-rr-8-113-95","title":"PREORDER Rapido HO 162022 SP Class C-40-3 Steel Caboose No Roofwalk, Sierra RR #8","description":"Rapido Trains Inc is proud to announce for the first time in plastic, the iconic Southern Pacific C-40-3 Caboose in HO scale!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRapido is excited to offer SP’s iconic C-40-3 caboose, including several of the unique paint schemes and car variations that occurred over its long 40+ year service life. Starting in 1940, Southern Pacific’s Los Angeles General Shops constructed 185 C-40-3 cabooses, numbered SP 1050-1234. 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