@coach joe posted:More LIRR bay window, this time in the black and orange Dashing Dan scheme. This is the latest caboose added to my roster. A MTH RK at a very reasonable price fit the bill for my new found LIRR fleet. I haven't researched this unit for a 1:1 prototype but thanks to Mel's research I know it wasn't one of LIRR's N22bs.
Joe,
The book from which I got my information is "Cabin Cars of the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroads - Caboose Data Book Number 2" published by N.J. International in 1988. It shows LIRR C-80 as Class N52b, a small bay window caboose. A caption states that it was the only one of its kind on the LIRR and home built by the LIRR in 1962 on the frame of an ex New York, Ontario & Western wood caboose. C-80 was orange with a "Dashing Dan" logo. There is also a photo of LIRR C-80 in the yellow and blue scheme similar to my model of C-69.
A yellow and blue version of C-80 was delivered as MTH Premier 20-91041 (same run and model number as my C-69) in March 2001.
Your model of C-80 appears to be MTH Trains 30-77295 delivered in November 2016 at MSRP $64.95. It can be seen on the MTH Trains website at https://www.mthtrains.com/30-77295.
It also appears to me that the same model of the MTH bay window caboose may have been made in both Premier and Railking versions - but I'm not certain about that.
MELGAR
