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62' Tank Car
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50' Flat Car w/Stakes
85' All Purpose Flat Car
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55' ACF Hopper
54' PS Hopper
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40' Wood Box Car
Grain Loading Box Car
50' Flat w/2 Vans
25' Piggyback Vans
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34' Offset Side Hopper
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Freightliner
Tractor w/40' Trailer
40' Trailers
Snow Plow
Auto Loader
200 Ton Crane
4-Door 86' Hi-Cube
8-Door 86' Hi-Cube
40' Outside Brace Hi-Cube
40' Smooth Side Hi-Cube
50' Plug Door
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Streamline Diner
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Standard Caboose
Baltimore & Ohio
No. 228 -Kit -1957 Release
No. 328 -RTR -1957 Release
No. 1255 -Kit
No. 2255 -Ready To Run

Athearn Standard Cupola Caboose

Standard Caboose
Boston & Maine
No. 1263 -Kit
No. 2263 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Canadian National
No. 1262 -Kit
No. 2262 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Chesapeake & Ohio
No. 1265 -Kit
No. 2265 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
No. 1254 -Kit
No. 2254 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Chicago & North Western
No. 1267

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Standard Caboose
Denver & Rio Grande Western
No. 1258 -Kit
No. 2258 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Great Northern
No. 1260 -Kit
No. 2260 -Ready To Run

Athearn Milwaukee Road Silver Caboose

Standard Caboose
Milwaukee Road -Silver
No. 1256 -Kit
No. 2256 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Milwaukee Road -Orange
No. 1256 

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Standard Caboose
New Haven
No. 1259 -Kit
No. 2259 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
New York Central
No. 1268

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Standard Caboose
Northern Pacific
No. 1266 -Kit
No. 2266 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Pennsylvania Railroad
No. 1253 -Kit
No. 2253 -Ready To Run

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Standard Caboose
Santa Fe
No. 1250 -Kit
No. 2250 -Ready To Run

Athearn Standard
                           Cupola Caboose

Standard Caboose
Santa Fe -New
No. 1269

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Standard Caboose
Southern Pacific
No. 1251 -Kit
No. 2251 -Ready To Run
 
This silver Trailer-Flatcar Service lettered Southern Pacific model was the first scheme issued by Athearn and dates to 1957.  Both kit and ready to run examples exist for this version.

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Standard Caboose
Southern Pacific
No. 1251

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Standard Caboose
Union Pacific
No. 1252 -Kit
No. 2252 -Ready To Run

Standard Caboose
Wabash
No. 1261 -Kit
No. 2261 -Ready To Run

Standard Caboose
Undecorated 
No. 1249

This April 1957 ad talks about the "New Athearn Realism" of the 40' Box Car and Caboose models. The standard cupola Caboose model was the first regular caboose offering in the company line and dates to the late '50s.

The Caboose was produced in ready to run and kit form, until Athearn's mid-'60s move away from R-T-R offerings.

Taking a look at the 1957 Athearn catalog, we find three-digit stock numbers in use for the Caboose and other company offerings. For $1.29 in '57, Athearn lists an undecorated kit in two verions: Red (No. 211) and Silver (No. 222). The 1957 asking price for decorated Caboose kits, which included six roadnames (ATSF, SP, UP, PRR, CB&Q, and B&O) was $1.89. Ready To Run examples matched the same six roads and sold for $2.49.

The 1962-63 Athearn catalog shows an illustration of the New Haven example and lists the fully assembled model with a $2.29 retail and the kit selling for $2.09. The roster of Caboose models by the early 1960s included: ATSF, SP, UP, PRR, CB&Q, B&O, MILW, D&RGW, NH, GN, Wabash, CN, B&M, C&O, NP, and Virginian.

January 1949's Model Railroader includes plans for Santa Fe's 1875-1978 numbered caboose fleet. These drawings may have served as the template for the tooling of Athearn's model, as details match up between the two examples.

Please note that this site was created for use by those with an interest in HO-scale model trains and does not necessarily represent the current Athearn line available today. The author is not affiliated with, nor representing Athearn and/or Horizon Hobby in any way. This site is intended for your enjoyment and information only.
Images and information presented on this site comes from a variety of sources including magazines, internet, catalogs, visitor input, and the author's collection.