Transfer caboose kits or drawings

[rstaller]

   want to build a transfer caboose.  Anyone know of any kits or drawings?  I'm currently waiting for the 2009 Walthers catalog for peices parts.  R. Staller

[dknelson]

MOLOCO seems to have dropped the castings from their catalog that converted a flat car into to classic transfer caboose of a type that many roads used -- basically a steel shed on a flat car or old tender frame.

But all is not lost since the trains.com website itself has an article on building one:

 http://www.trains.com/mrr/default.aspx?c=a&id=325

Dave Nelson

 

[rstaller]

  Beautiful, this a great start.  Thank You.  R. Staller

[bdh]

Here's a suggestion.  Technically not a "transfer caboose" -- but it looks like one.  Available at Doc's Caboose hobby shop in Kansas City last time I was there a month or so ago.

http://www.railyardmodels.com/catalog/mopacsbwcaboose.html

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Keep in mind, this is a resin kit -- not styrene or ABS.

[dknelson]

By the way N scale modelers who want a transfer caboose are in luck because Matt Gaudynski, one of the midwest's finest modelers and custom painters, operates Fox Valley Models and has brought in beautiful transfer cabooses.  I saw these at last year's Trainfest and they are exquisite jewels of detail.

If I do this right this photo

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is from the FVM website

http://www.foxvalleymodels.com/index.html

Dave Nelson

[AlreadyInUse]

http://www.wrighttrak.com/

Click the "In The Yard" link. About halfway down you'll find "NEW YORK CENTRAL/PENN CENTRAL/CONRAIL N6A TRANSFER CABOOSE"

WrightTrak models are on the expensive side, but they are outstanding resin kits. Gary Wright is a pleasure to deal with.

[wedudler]

Ths was the MOLOCO kit:

 

I've built another one from scratch, a Track Cleaning Transfer Caboose.

Wolfgang

[retsignalmtr]

the penn central historical society was selling ho resin kits of class n6a/n9 transfer caboose made by wright trak. i bought two of them about two years ago but haven't had the time to begin to assemble them. if you go to their website they may still have some of them. i bought two brass transfer caboose's off ebay a couple of years ago for a good price. one conrail and the other nyc