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MTH Premier N6B Woodside caboose

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N6B woodside caboose

 

This is a MTH 20-91224 N-6b Caboose w/Operating Signal Man.  This O scale model first appeared in the 2006 Volume 2 catalog. This unique caboose includes an operating signal man who leans out the side of the rear caboose platform with a lighted lantern to signal the engineer. Activation occurs whenever the transformer whistle button is pressed.

 

The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), “The Standard Railroad of the World”, constructed nearly 1,200 N6b class wooden cabooses (or “Cabin Cars” as they were called on the PRR) from 1914 to 1923. Surely one of the longest-serving and best-known styles of PRR cabooses, the N6b with it's high arched cupola roof, became a system-wide trademark for more than 50 years.

 

 

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HW Hot WaterOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER
Originally Posted by pro hobby:
Originally Posted by Hot Water:

Hope you have now discovered that the MTH PRR N6b caboose is EXTREMELY correct for the PRR, but NOT even close for a B&O wood sided caboose. You might want to search for a n old Quality Craft wood kit, or better yet, the Sunset/3rd Rail brass version of that B&O wood caboose.

 

The MTH model simply will not cut it!

The solution is to remove the B&O lettering and replace with Pennsylvania lettering.

I would need O scale decals for a PRR caboose.

So you didn't notice that the cupola is COMPLETELY different on the PRR N6b caboose? Also, did you notice that the B&O caboose has twice as many windows on the sides?

HW Hot WaterOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER
Originally Posted by pro hobby: 

This is a PRR style N6-B caboose which would likely have been purchased by the B&O railroad from the Pennsylvania railroad. It is unknown whether the B&O actually ever had this type of caboose in the B&O roster at any time.

No, the B&O did NOT ever purchase ANY PRR N6b cabooses! Nor did any other railroads that were NOT financially "associated" or owned by the PRR.

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