NYC Pacemaker Caboose Ready for Revenue Service

Malcolm,

You have created and handcrafted, a custom built, beautiful NYC Pacemaker caboose, which mirrors an actual/'Real-Deal' New York Central System 'PACEMAKER' caboose, for me, of which I am grateful to you.

This, beautiful work of art is worthy of admiration, not only from myself, but also of family and friends and this caboose will be a welcomed addition on my track and behind my NYC Pacemaker box cars.

This custom built caboose is American ingenuity at its' best and made right here in the good ole' United States of America.

Thank you again, Be Well,

Ralph

I always liked the 19000 series caboose. I used to model the old Rutland and they shared many of the NYC cabins of the same design.

Malcolm your such am amazing resource for the many who are interested in modeling roads not so well supplied by the manufacturers.

Bob

Malcom, terrific job on the caboose. You are a master of styrene. 

Flanger, not sure what class the Pacemaker caboose was but its not a 19000 caboose which are shorter and wood sided.

Pete

Ahh yes your correct, but to my eye it looked very 19000ish. They do have wood siding though which I didn't notice on this one.

Nice Job. Did the NYC have pacemaker colors on their cabeese ? I thought it was just on their rolling stock.

Five NYCS/NYC Pacemaker cabooses were fashioned around 1944/45/46, for NYC's. L.C.L. 'Pacemaker' 'Freight Service,' from older NYCL/S 36' box cars, made exclusively for N.Y.C's. L.C.L. service to compete with the trucking industry, of the same time period.

These, cabooses are of the 20000 road number series, as follows:

20112, 20117, 20129, 20132 & 20133.

The average length was around 41,' 4 5/8," from end sill, to end sill, the cab body was covered with plywood sheathing and painted vermillion on the top section and grey at bottom section, but NO NYCS Heralds, as on the box cars and delivery trucks, also they had low, offset cupolas, so as, to fit under the low New York City tunnels.

The cabs. had an AB brake system and Barber Bettendorf trucks.

There may, or is, more information, but this is all that I have for now.

Ralph

Some of these photos. are in B&W and color.

Unfortunately, the three photos. of the NYC Pacemaker cabooses are in B&W, but the cabooses' top half shows up as a grey(red) and the bottom appears white(light grey).

http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/nyc-freight.htm

The NYC cabooses with low, offset cupolas were for N.Y. Cities' low tunnels and the cabooses with higher, offset cupolas were NOT for N.Y. City travel!!!!

Ralph

J Daddy,

You are welcome.

Malcolm has a magic touch in handcrafting the NYC Pacemaker caboose for me and I wonder if one of those caboose books, that Malcolm has, has a color photo. of a NYC Pacemaker caboose, but then again, Malcolm is ingenious and can come up with the exact details and info., on his own.

Great work Malcolm Sir,

Ralph

Ralph,

Unfortunately, I have no color photos of the PM cab. I do have a color photo of a HO scale brass import although the colors do not look right on it.

Thank you all,

Malcolm

Malcolm

Nice work, but I must also mention that I love the ties next to the track!    Please elaborate on your method of staining them and what material was used.

Thanks,

Brad

Malcolm,

The colors on the caboose you made for me are correct.

Also, you had to imagine and calculate from a photo., the comparison of what an 'O' gauge caboose would have to be like.  Amazing!

I will have to get a hold of my computer technician, who's expert at computers and hold him down, to send a couple of color photos. of the NYC Pacemaker caboose, to you and for anyone else.

My son, the expert technician, does help me, even though at first he tells me to read the computer and printer instruction manuals!

Ralph

Great work Malcolm (as usual). This is my Pacemaker caboose sitting in a yard on my layout.  It has a "Philadelphia & Erie" decal installed under the NYC markings.

Don't know why my pictures seem to appear TWICE - sorry.  Bad angle in photo, but she is the correct length (41+').

Pete,

That's a beauty.

What, is it made of and what scale size is it?

Ralph

I own two.  Both are 0 scale. This one is made of brass, and the other is styrene.  I'll try to post a picture of the second caboose when I get a chance - it is at the CVRR club, stored under the layout with my Pacemaker boxcars..

Pete,

Thank you for your reply.

Take Care,

Ralph

Here are two color photos. of NY Central Pacemaker cabooses, posted by my, Expert Computer Technician, Son.
The first photo. is at NYC's. 33rd. St. yard, in Mann., N.Y.C., N.Y., Jan. 1950, as is listed in the book, where the photo. apperas on the front cover. 

By the way, this book contains some info. of the 19000 series wooden NYCS cabooses, known as the 'Standard' caboose.

Enjoy!

Ralph

Ralph,

Thank you and I saved the photos. I love the second photo with some rather extreme caboose weathering.

Malcolm

I'm glad that you have these photos. in your unique caboose collection.

The Pacemaker cab., you crafted for me, IS these cabs., but only shrunk down to 1:48 scale size!!!!!!!!

Again, thank you for your great work and patience.

Sincerely,

Ralph

Ralph, Did you get your tracking number? Malcolm

Yes, I did, thank you.

As of yesterday the beauty was leaving Magee, Mississippi.

Ralph

Malcolm,

The beauty arrived and all is well.

The NYC Pacemaker caboose that you created, custom built, hand crafted is gorgeous, is fully detailed, with clear plastic windows, correct caboose trucks, which have leaf springs, contact rollers on both trucks, operating knuckle couplers, with articulated, self centering draw-bar arms, die-cast metal trucks, wood plank designs on the end platforms and road numbers over the 'A' & 'B' end doors.

WOW!!!

Thank you Malcolm,

Sincerely,

Ralph

The description alone got me pumped up!

But I was expecting a few close-up pics...

Malcolm, I imagine these are built to order? What is the cost for one? Thanks! 

Ralph,

I am glad it arrived undamaged and that you are pleased. Thank you for the kind words. Malcolm

Nick, I have another one sitting on the workbench ready to be painted, email me.

Malcolm you are more than welcome and my apologies, as I neglected to mention and to thank you for including the underside brake system detailing, such as the AB Control Valve, Brake Cylinder, Emergency and Auxiliary Reservoirs and the rest of the assemblages.

Even the bolts, or rivets in the sides of the chassis frame.

Malcolm even details the underside, as well as the whole cab. for a complete Masterpiece!!!!
Thank you,

Ralph   

TM Terry,

I'm sorry, but I am not a good photographer and I don't know much about these digital cameras, as well, as how to hook one up to a computer, in order to render color, close-up photos.

I will try to tackle my Expert Pro. Computer Tech. when he comes home, but it may take some time, or nothing at all!!!!

Ralph

Nick,

Are you into the NYC Pacemaker series freight cars, or just NYC's. other freight cars?

No matter what RR. caboose you want from Malcolm, you will NOT be disappointed, with the overall craftsmanship and the overall attention to detail!!!!!

The model train manufactures should have their, so called, model makers learn from Malcolm, in order to produce accurate, detailed scale model trains!!!

I am very much satisfied with the caboose Malcolm crafted for me and I am grateful for Malcolm's attention to detail and craftsmanship in providing me with an accurate 1:48 scale sized model of the prototype.

Ralph

I have actually shifted to an exclusive interest in NYC passenger operations, but I always did want to recreate the unit train from the Pacemaker publicity photos. Malcolm's creation is obviously the only appropriate model for the project so I have officially put my order in for #20112 as it appeared on the real train 

Nick,

You will NOT be disappointed with Malcolm's crafted rendition of the NYC Pacemaker caboose road #NYC 20112.

Malcolm will take the actual NYC caboose road #20112 prototype and shrink it down to 1:48 scale size, as is NYC Pacemaker caboose #20132, which Malcolm crafted for me!!!!

Oh!  Yeah! Malcolm, I also forgot to mention aside from the other size dimensions, that the length of your created caboose for me is as the prototype, which is 41,' & 4 5/8,'' from end sill, to end sill!!!  AND, Malcolm detailed, on the chassis frame sides, supporting brackets, where the bottom ends of the side hand rails are attached, as well, as chassis frame end corner reenforcing brackets, all as the 'Real-Deal' has!!!!

Again, thank you Malcolm for your beautiful workmanship.
Sincerely,

Ralph

Malcolm is the best.  He built this NYC "Big Four" cab for me.

https://ogrforum.com/t...brotherlove-cabooses

Doug

Doug,

Malcolm Crafted a beautiful, realistic NYC "BIG FOUR" caboose, for you.

Enjoy all of its' beautiful realism, as I do mine, which Malcolm crafted the NYC Pacemaker caboose for me.

Malcolm's eye for attention to detail is amazing!

Ralph

Take a look at Malcolm's Facebook link.

Besides the beautiful realistic cabooses, one in particular is so reminiscent of an actual Conn Rail caboose with all of its' age showing rectangular and square paint patches and weathering, FANTASTIC!!

Ralph!!

Here's a B&W photo. of NYC Pacemaker caboose road #20132, probably in its' infancy, possibly in the middle, to late 1940's.

Look how BRANDEEE spanking new it looks, with probably its' first paint job, with maybe a GREY cupola, roof and stack, at that time.

At a later time, as my previous post, of the books' cover, showing a color photo. of NYC Pacemaker caboose road #20132 having a red cupola, as of Jan. 1950, when the photo. was taken and the caboose that Malcolm made me having a red cupola, as I wanted.

http://www.canadasouthern.com/...images/nyc-20132.jpg

Ralph

Malcolm, I see, to stay within the time period, you used NYC Black F-1 Car Cement, on my caboose and not the later 1960, to 1968 Black Paint, which replaced the Black F-1 Car Cement, used in the NYC paint shops.
Ralph

Speaking of pacemaker decorated equipment, I recall a squabble about whether the pacemaker boxcars came with 2 color doors as opposed to solid red. Anybody have any pics of 2 color prototype boxcars?

Thanks,

Simon

I have personally only seen the solid red doors. The Sunday River Productions DVD "Hudsons Along the Hudson" features several color video clips of the inaugural publicity Pacemaker train and the only thing I noticed was there were two different styles of doors. I will post some screenshots.

Before this thread the only color photo I had was a imported brass HO model and it had gray doors. I assumed(uh-oh) that the door was gray into the red as were the windows.