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How many cabooses are on your roster

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:46 PM
Since I like cabooses almost as much as steam engines, I have a few. I have 4 brass N.P. cabooses, three 24 footers; a PFM, a W&R and a NWSL and then one Overland 30 foot bay window. I also have a standard Athearn caboose converted to a series 1001-1050 high cupola steel and one Atlas standard International N.P. caboose painted pre-merger BN green and one Athearn wide vision BN caboose. I also have two bobber cupola cabooses and one crane tender caboose. I will likely have two more N.P. 24 footers.
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Posted by AggroJones on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:45 PM
1. A Santa Fe LL NorthEast style caboose. Enhaced with free-standing grab irons and handrails, Walther trucks, metal wheels, and new coupler boxes.

2. A Santa Fe brown Athearn Cupola caboose. Enhanced with metal wheel, new grab irons and hand rails, and KDs.

3. A D&RGW brown wooden cupola caboose from MDC. It has new trucks, Intermountain wheels, and KDs.

Now, I'm looking for an Athearn SP baywindow caboose and a Marklin UP center cupola one.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:29 PM
I model 1971, when all the cabeese were getting old but still required on trains. I have about 35 locomotives (or will have, once all my rehab and kitbash projects are done). Sadly, I do not have a matching number of cabeese. I think I have about a dozen.

Still, this should be enough for trains which are double or triple-headed. My favorite caboose type is the Norfolk & Western's preference for slightly-off-center cupolas; I used to like bay windows, but they aren't right for my railroad. I figured out how to kitba***he standard Santa Fe-style 36' offset cupola caboose in order to produce a nearly-centered 33' caboose, and this is my basic caboose type for my fictional short line. However, I am desperately hoping for some manufacturer to release an NW C2 or CG style caboose in N-scale; until then, I am content with Atlas's C31-P (though the cupola windows are wrong) and LifeLike's Northeastern style caboose. I also have a few Pennsy-style N5 cabeese painted in my fictional road's colors. I do have one single bay window caboose lettered for Southern- I just couldn't resist!
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:57 PM
My cabooses are retired, at least for now. I've seen a few on the real railroads, but not many. They are still used for the occasional odd job, but certainly not on a regular basis. I might leave a couple in the yard for looks
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:56 PM
Just one. A Atlas Standard caboose which is cleaned and decaled for the Western Maryland. It is a tad modern for my Late Steam era roster. It was the grab irons that were very nice on the unit.

There will be several others built soon (B & O and C & O) and possibly a RF&P unit.
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Posted by dehusman on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:43 PM
I have 9 Reading steel cabooses, 7 LL P2k, 2 rebuilt Varney shells on kitbashed underframes, plus a MP wide vision and 5 P&R bobbers under construction.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:30 PM
I have two cabeese.
ATSF CE-1
UP CA-4
both are Centralia Car Shops/InterMountain
Ch
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Posted by Dough on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:01 PM
I only have a few functional now. However I'm working on a CSX widebay, L&N widebay, and I'd like to build a Conrail transfer soon.

I pretty much model every caboose that I can photograph...It's not like their are that many now a days...
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How many cabooses are on your roster
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:48 PM
Greetings,

Just curious how many cabooses everyone has on there layout?

Also what is your favorite type?

Standard, Bay, Wide?

I think I have about twelve or so. I really like the ones by Atlas in Ho scale.

I do have all three types listed above but most are extended wide vision.

Mark in Texas

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