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I am building 2 of the Gulf Mobile & Ohio x-M&O Cabooses for myself.  Many years ago when I was a HO modeler I modeled the GM&O and other than the modern International cars there were no cabooses even close the the Southern region cabs.  I decided to build them myself and ended up building 160+ of them in HO.  When I switched to O scale same thing no GM&O cabs so I started building them in O scale.  These 2 are for my layout and I have built these from photos of the prototype I have in my collection.

I am especially proud of the stainless roofwalk I found. It is a Overland and it is a beauty.  They will have operating markers when done.  I have On more cut out but it will be built separately since it will have a full interior.  The fabricated steps that these cabooses used are particularly aggravating to build.  There are 28 individual pieces of styrene in each step.

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Looks good.  What are you going to use to pull it?  An ex-Mobile & Ohio caboose screams for a former M&O or GM&N steam loco.  At the latest a pre-Alton diesel.

And you know what would look great with it?  A string of former SU 36' boxcars that were used by both the M&O and the SRR.   If you decide to make some of those I imagine I would not be the only one interested in acquiring one.

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