Lionel's New York Central System cabooses

[rtraincollector]

Bob and DEP not NYC but check this book my wife got me

 

[Bob Keller]

I think it is just AMAZING how much of this great old STUFF is still out there!

[Deputy]

WOW!!! Talk about a blast from the past!
Good timing, though. I just recently received an MTH 20-91037 NYC Pacemaker Bay Window Caboose from Roundhouse South and thay had a heck of a time finding one. Now I have a question...what locos would be appropriate with the Pacemaker cabeese and boxcars? Would they be mostly diesel with the black/grey lightning bolt or would they be steam? I know eventually the whole Pacemaker idea slipped by the wayside and Pacemaker boxcars were used on all kinds of NYC trains. I found out Pacemaker service started in 1946. And as far as I can tell the Pacemaker service ended around late 1959. So what were the locos that pulled these express freight cars???

Dep

[challenger3980]

   A REALLY NICE caboose that I haven't seen mentioned here yet is K Line's High End Cabeese, they are the nicest cabeese that I have seen yet, with incredible detail, and working smoke units.

  Watch for these at shows or on ebay, I know that they did at least a Jade Green bay window, and a brown wood-sided off set cupola, in NYC, both are very good looking cars, that I would reccomend to anyone looking for a nice scale size caboose.

                               Doug

[Jumijo]

   A REALLY NICE caboose that I haven't seen mentioned here yet is K Line's High End Cabeese, they are the nicest cabeese that I have seen yet, with incredible detail, and working smoke units.

  Watch for these at shows or on ebay, I know that they did at least a Jade Green bay window, and a brown wood-sided off set cupola, in NYC, both are very good looking cars, that I would reccomend to anyone looking for a nice scale size caboose.

                               Doug

I agree. They are great looking. There was one at a LHS for the longest time. Super nice.

Jim 

[johnandjulie13]

For those looking for old K-Line cabooses, check out the following:

www.legacykline.com

This archive was referenced about a month ago.  You can track down pieces that you have an interest in and then keep your eyes open...

Regards,

John

[Deputy]

I spotted a nice Lionel smoking NYC Bay Window on E-Bay, but I have a bunch of cabeese now, and my VISA can't justify that much $$. Even though it's $20 than list price...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lionel-6-17669-New-York-Central-Bay-Window-Caboose-NIB_W0QQitemZ160216511790QQihZ006QQcategoryZ4148QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem