Jocko, the fact that you're taking the time to contribute the photos to this thread at all is already greatly appreciated. No need to sell yourself short on the photography, which is fine by the way 
I saw that $45 Lionel caboose on eBay too but the problem was it didn't have its original box. I'm an originality junkie so that ruled out that particular caboose for me. It's still a great deal for a Penn Central fan that doesn't care about boxes.
As for the passenger train that's a really neat custom job on yours. That's basically the idea but I'll be going with the new MTH Penn Central 70' cars because they have interiors, are not too chromed out, and they lack the streamline skirting on the bottom, which is prototypical. I'm also going with a porthole B60 baggage car since that's what I see the most of in photos.
