I was out in the train room earlier this evening rearranging a few things when I realized I had more cabooses than I thought... In fact I've got a caboose for each road and each era beginning with the 1920s, 40s, 60s and 80s. From wood to steel to bay window...
Anyone else out there a caboose collector ?.
Tracklayer
yes I am a caboose junkie, I have about 15-20 and they all are other railraods that were taken over by UP.
Actually, I own very few full brake vans (aka cabeese.) Most of mine are box-brakes, with a few other types that have brakeman's compartments on otherwise standard freight cars (notably the hopper-brakes of the TTT.)
Looking forward to the day when I'm in full operation, I'm actually a few short!
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I had a heck of a time until the Walthers PRR Platium came out. I got one of those, I probably will get more.
Im gunning for a brass Bay Window Wagontop in the B&O and I suppose that will make me a collector.. but wait! Collectors keep trains in boxes, I run mine.
Caboose stuff in HO scale is unsatisfactory, I managed to buy several Proto ones and strip them to install my own decals. Everything is either modern era or UP.
I'm sort of a Caboose collector. I have Five (soon to be 6) and 2 (soon to be 3) are in regular service on my 3% grade. Those two are some werid looking cabooses, one has a hand railing on to of it!
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I pretty much hate cabooses, I own two that seldom see time on the mainline.
-beegle55
Yup. I love cabooses. I have about 20 of them. All modern(ish) steel ones.
Nick
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Not really , I only have three , all painted by me for the SP. This picture only shows two. I have one in a box that will be painted for my fictional short line , also bay window.
Jerry SP FOREVER http://photobucket.com/albums/f317/GAPPLEG/
Well I would have said "yes" before I read some of these posts!! I guess at 8 cabooses I'm just a casual drinker compared to some of you out-of-control caboozers !!
I have two I decorated for my freelance St.Paul Route (including one with removeable roof and added full interior) and two Great Northerns, plus one each from DM&IR, BN (bay window), Rock Island (outside braced) and Soo Line. I'll probably in the future add cabooses from C&NW, MN&S and CN/DW&P, maybe a BN extended vision caboose, and a wood one from New York Central...hey, I need something to run with that BLI Hudson!!
Not really. I have around 5 or 6, but only 1 is in service at the moment, although operations are slow seeing as I only have 2 freight locos in service at the moment! one's normally in the yard, the other one does the only train im running right now; the Pittsfield Turn. Normal operations will resume when I get a walkaround throttle. I have the Digitrax Zephyr and 1 jumperthrottle, but the jumper is a pain becouse I have to walk around the layout to the yard where the Zephyr is to switch engines.
Sorry if I got off topic, I just meant to say I also have one ready to go into service, and another one that needs minor repairs, but I can get on the road if I need it.
The rest of my cabeese are ainciant ones with built in truck mounted horn hook coupelers that will probobly never see use.
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I have about 55-60 in N scale, mostly UP and SP but other related roads as well and some private home roads as well, I have always had a fascination for them, even though I have never seen a real one.
Australia has 'Brake Vans' with vastly different designs.
Budget constraints have slowed me down, but I still wish to obtain more, I make sure there a no duplicate numbers, make my own decals and renumber if necesary.
Teditor.
Teditor
No - because for New York Central there really isn't much out there to collect: Walthers, Trix, Roundhouse. (I think Atlas Trainman just came out with one recently.) There's always brass, but...I'm not ready and willing to cough up $150+ just for a caboose. Boy, if you are into Pennsy, your caboose choices are endless.
I do have a Waterlevel Models NYC caboose kit that I still need to research and put together. I may try and kitbash/scratch-build one at some point, too.
Tom
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