California DOT Bi-Level Cab Car (Northern)

These are N scale 3D printable files for the California Department of Transportation (CDTX) Bi-Level Cab Car (Northern) — specifically the cars built for Northern California service, physically distinguished from the Southern-built cab cars by their more pronounced exterior fluting, the additional vertical ribbing in the carbody construction that identifies these as the newer generation of the CDTX bi-level fleet. These cars lead push-pull consists on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin routes.

The cab car is the essential control car of California's bi-level push-pull consists — fitted with an engineer's cab at one end, it allows the locomotive to push the train from the rear while the engineer controls the train from the cab car at the front, eliminating the need to run the locomotive around the train at terminal stations. The cab car always leads the consist on one direction of travel, making it the most visually prominent car in the California bi-level fleet and an essential component of any prototypically accurate California corridor train.

The Northern-built cab car's fluted carbody is a physical construction difference from the smoother-sided Southern-built cab cars — not a livery distinction — making this a separate and distinct model. Modelers building a prototypically accurate Northern California consist should use this cab car rather than the Southern-built version to correctly represent the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin equipment.

Pair with the California DOT Bi-Level Coach Car (Northern), California DOT Bi-Level Café Car (Northern), and California DOT Bi-Level Coach Baggage Car (Northern) also available from Out of the Box Models to build a complete and prototypically accurate Northern California corridor consist.

After purchase, your digital files will be available for immediate direct download from your order confirmation. These files are for Personal Use Only — if you are interested in a commercial license, please contact us.

Please allow a few weeks for 3D printing and shipping. Decals are shipped separately — please allow some additional time for decal printing and shipping after ordering.