Favorite Cabeese (Cabooses)

Arnold I am not sure I could pick just one!

While I have quite a few cabeese, I consider this one of my favorites.  It seems to get the most run time:

Tom

@Tom Densel posted:

While I have quite a few cabeese, I consider this one of my favorites.  It seems to get the most run time:

Tom

That's a very nice one, Tom!

I have only a few cabooses. But, I guess my favorite was this CA-4, until the Tomar marker lights went out on it, just after a year they were installed by a nearby "Authorized Lionel Service Station" technician. Needlesss to say, I don't use him anymore. So, this caboose has gone from the layout to a display shelf.

So, a Lionel CA-1 woodside with WORKING marker lights has taken its place on the layout. Although, not a perfect match for my Union Pacific GP7 and GP9 like the CA-4 was, at least it works.

Penn Central Bay Window by MTH

Although its tough for me to decide as well, the MTH operating caboose I must say is a real standout

https://youtu.be/s0CDJiUEmvo

Folks, the topic is Favorite Cabeese, so you can each post more than one favorite caboose. LOL.

MTH Burlington, last week took it apart and painted the interior and added some figure.  Maybe someone can help me been using a 20 year old digital camera without going broke what is a halfway good camera Thanks!! God Bless America, Support your Troops!

My one and only smoking caboose, this Lionel Erie:

As you can see  it has 2 little guys in it and great detail and appearance IMO.

It's also the perfect caboose to run with my LC+ Erie Camelback as shown in the short video below:

I've read prior threads about the difficulties someone us have had with smoking cabeese, so my plan is to turn on the smoke feature sparingly, if at all. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Folks, the topic is Favorite Cabeese, so you can each post more than one favorite caboose. LOL.

Very well, Arnold. Then here's another one that runs on the layout when I'm running its matching Santa Fe GP30.

Since I model the Pennsy, these are cabin cars, or cabins.  The Pennsy only had a few types, and this MTH N6b center copula is a favorite with me.

I, too, can't pick just one.

Check out: One of a Kind Cabooses (Cabeese?) (warrenvillerailroad.com)

If I may, here is my Auto Train caboose in 2 rail.

This K-Line Westinghouse rider car is one of my favorites:

Because it goes with my MTH Schnabel car:

Note that both have since been two-railed.

@Purplepapa posted:

If I may, here is my Auto Train caboose in 2 rail.

Beautiful job on the auto - train caboose!  I would enjoy hearing more about its construction. 

Three K-Line NYC Cabooses

Two LionelBay Window Cabooses

Lionel Die Cast Low Cupola Cabooses

Here is a picture of an O scale D&H bobber caboose I scratchbuilt.

Williams Penn Central caboose in photo below and at end of video below:

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Williams Penn Central caboose in photo below and at end of video below:

Great low angle shots and videos Arnold!

Here are 3 more favorites.

Another one of my favorites.  Penn Central N8A kitbash:

Tom

My favorite 3 cabooses are probably only as models built by Brother Love..two, twin sidedoors acquired from FEC by #90's GW, and  2 different series of Colorado Midland sidedoors (dunno if he built any of those).  I have posted many of my mostly built and bashes on other posts, but own none of these, my favorites. Cabooses are my favorite railcar.

Here is my favorite.  @Tom Densel@Tom Densel inspired me to create my own.  Not quite scale.  I needed it to fit a battery.

I am very partial to the N6b cabin car that was developed to run on the Panhandle.  The so-called Mae West cupula was designed to cope with the close tunnel clearances on that line.

I like this particular kitbash I did awhile ago - a Weirton Steel caboose.

George

By Brother Love

John

We had worked well into the night loading equipment that was going to Railfair 91 on flat cars that were provided by CSX.  We made the connection even though we had to do a little finish work in Sacramento.

As a gift for our  work,  the three of us received Sunset wagon top cabooses in O scale.  I 3 railed mine with Lionel trucks and it has logged thousands of miles running on floor layouts since.

Harold

As I mentioned earlier, I recently purchased 3 cabeese from my LHS. The 3rd one is an MTH NY Central shown in the photo and video below:

Here's a favorite of mine. I love the Pennsylvania N5c cabin cars. These postwar 6417 versions are probably the nicest of the different N5c versions that Lionel made.

In particular it's lighted and instead of a dour digit number it has a more realistic six digit one. These are not scale, but look nice behind trains with smaller early 20th century and late 19th century freight cars.

A bit like ice cream, my favorite kit bashed caboose for this week is USMC.

Although I am not a B&O modeler I am taken by their cabooses and especially the I12. I have several of them that I have 2 railed. This one was repainted and re-lettered. I’m even thinking of painting one in GM&O, after all the GM&O & B&O were “cousins.”

The first two photos show Williams brass models brass models of a NYC Caboose and a PRR cabin car. Both were weathered by Harry Hieke.

The following photo is of a Great Northeastern Railway (GNR) caboose that was painted and decaled by me and weathered by Pat Whitehead, aka Trumptrain on the OGR Forum. The basic caboose is a plastic, Kusan Kannon Ball toy to which I added ladders and marker lanterns. The photo was taken by Pat on his Free State Junction Railroad layout in the Butler Junction section of Patsburg, before its transfer back to the GNR.

@das boot posted:

A bit like ice cream, my favorite kit bashed caboose for this week is USMC.

Scary, LOL

OMG, I'm getting another disease, Cabeesitis! LOL, Arnold

@G3750 posted:

I am very partial to the N6b cabin car that was developed to run on the Panhandle.  The so-called Mae West cupula was designed to cope with the close tunnel clearances on that line.

I like this particular kitbash I did awhile ago - a Weirton Steel caboose.

George

George, I really like the way you weathered this caboose. IMO, less is more when it comes to weathering. Arnold

@Randy Harrison posted:

The first two photos show Williams brass models brass models of a NYC Caboose and a PRR cabin car. Both were weathered by Harry Hieke.

The following photo is of a Great Northeastern Railway (GNR) caboose that was painted and decaled by me and weathered by Pat Whitehead, aka Trumptrain on the OGR Forum. The basic caboose is a plastic, Kusan Kannon Ball toy to which I added ladders and marker lanterns. The photo was taken by Pat on his Free State Junction Railroad layout in the Butler Junction section of Patsburg, before its transfer back to the GNR.

Randy, the weathering of these "cabeese" is masterful too.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Randy, the weathering of these "cabeese" is masterful too.

@Arnold D. Cribari

Arnold:

Thanks for your kind reply. As I said in the photo explanations, I take no credit for the weathering. I believe in giving credit where credit is due to the great ones of the weathering art.

Belated Happy New Year.

@Purplepapa posted:

If I may, here is my Auto Train caboose in 2 rail.

A beauty for sure!

My favorite hands down is a Southern caboose built by OGR forum member Malcolm.  Sadly at the time I wasn't in a position to pick up more of his cabooses.  (Still wish he'd do some Southern class SU box cars.)

I keep finding more favorites