This is my latest build for myself, a Penn Central N7B. When the PC merger occurred I hated it because it took out some of my favorite roads, especially the Lehigh Valley. I now have a problem with the PC because purchasing the PC caboose book. Now I want a specimen of everyone of them!
This one started out a factory painted Lionel NYC caboose. It was a beautiful model but I stripped it and went to work. As you can see a lot of work was rebuilding ar removing windows. The handrails had to be redone to match the PC’s way of using angle iron brackets on the corner grabs. End railings were all plastic but are now being rebuilt with phosphorus bronze wire. I am also retiring and repositioning the interior lights. Ive been working on this off and on for about 3 months. I hope to have it done in another month because I have a N5B and N8 waiting to be next. My favorite road is the GM&O but recently I’ve gone overboard with PC, UP, GN and Santa Fe cabooses.