Tail End Tuesday

For my TET U.S. Army security train with a beefed up tail end. HAGD TET fans!

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

2 tail ends: detailed plane jane C&NW woodside

RK Conrail work caboose from their CR work train. This caboose was also offered in NYC and NP livery

"  PLAIN JANE  C&NW  "  Mark ???  Sorry , I missed that .

BOTH NICE  CABEESE 

@Sitka posted:

For my TET U.S. Army security train with a beefed up tail end. HAGD TET fans!

Haven't seen a TE like this before.  NICE.

  Love the photos on this forum.   Never could see the amazing variety in model RR equipment in my small circle.

( Are those twin 50cals or twin 20mms ? )

@Dallas Joseph posted:

"  PLAIN JANE  C&NW  "  Mark ???  Sorry , I missed that .

BOTH NICE  CABEESE 

Dallas - afaik, this C&NW caboose was from a Railking RTR set. One of the crowd, nothing to set it aside from the ordinary. It has been detailed with black paint, to highlight the molded-in grab bars on body and roof of cupola, and the roof walk. This wasn’t done by me.

Here is mine for today... a Marx 112 GE 70 ton switcher from 1974-76 and its matching caboose.

Best wishes everyone.

Don

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  

TET, lighted caboose. This is the only Menards non boxcar piece of rolling stock I have.

Steve

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Haven't seen a TE like this before.  NICE.

  Love the photos on this forum.   Never could see the amazing variety in model RR equipment in my small circle.

( Are those twin 50cals or twin 20mms ? )

Well Dallas for you we took them off a A-10, 30mm GAU-8/A LOL . HAGD

My Menards Rock Island F7. They never made this. I put the shell from their Rocket Diner on their Santa Fe chassis.

Steve

Here’s the Lionel 6-19726 NYC B/W from 1995, a companion piece issued to accompany the 6-11744 New Yorker Set

Tail End Tuesday....Chessie "Safety Caboose"

Donald

@Sitka posted:

Well Dallas for you we took them off a A-10, 30mm GAU-8/A LOL . HAGD

Saw those work out Mark.   Rediculously huge amount of smoke and dust on the ground.

First day back on the layout since Thursday 3/9 .

This is NOT a FILE PHOTO.    Taken today.

A good TET to all.

PRR's Liberty Limited Williamsport observation.

Lionel.

Tail End Tuesday!!!!
Here’s the tail end of a Southern Pacific passenger train.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Saw those work out Mark.   Rediculously huge amount of smoke and dust on the ground.

Yes quite a sound also

@Sitka posted:

For my TET U.S. Army security train with a beefed up tail end. HAGD TET fans!

Message received, Mark! No more trespassing...

Have a good TET all! Some Tender Ends for the last week of March. Buy a vet launch.

Tail end !

The tail ends of my two best passenger trains.

Tail End of some Railking U.P. and Blue Comet Observation cars, God and Country!

@Sitka - say I really liked what you did with the "people" in your observation cars, they look great!

Well its T.E.T. and what could be more representative of the "tail end" than the common caboose.  This car has been supplied with train sets and used on toy and model train layouts for over a century or so I thought I might resurrect an old one for today. This is the American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) #1117 caboose.  This one besides the lithographed wood sides has the famous American Flyer "Winged Loco" in the center and dates from 1921 -1929 .  So its about 100 years old.  IAW the Greenberg Guide, its configuration "B" in that it has the sides of the copula painted or really lithographed brown while the rest of the caboose is basically red.  So here she is, ready to supply the tail end to any freight train you might have.

Wi

She never had platform rails and you can see the "T" shaped slot in the Tab/Slot couplers that are frame mounted not truck mounted. Windows are punched out in the cabin but just lithographed on the ends and in the copula.

Best Wishes for a great week

Don

Here is the observation car from one of my two Williams so-called scale 80' five-car sets with the color window inserts.  I say so-called because these cars are 18", or a scale 72'.  I like the color window inserts a whole lot better than their B & W ones.  I run the two sets, minus one obs, behind two WbB scale GG1s at shows.

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!  Ma & Pa caboose.

Here’s the observation for NYC’s Big Four Motor Queen consist by MTH.

Here's the tail end of my new Soo RS-27. Haven't even run it yet:

More on Friday & Saturday...

@Bill Swatos posted:

Here's the tail end of my new Soo RS-27. Haven't even run it yet:

More on Friday & Saturday...

Looks like that fleet is growing Bill!

A little floor running until I can get the layout planned.

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!  

A tender rear!

A Caddy rear!

Couple more Tender Ends Have a good week all! God and Country!

For TET here is a Rutland caboose with the crewman getting some fresh air.  Jack

Well hello all you T.E.T. fans, thought I might continue with some "oldies" for this week so after the American Flyer 117 from the 20's last week, here is a Lionel lithographed caboose from nearly 2 decades later, the 1940's.  Its the Lionel 1682 lithographed caboose from 1940-41.  In general, Mr. Lionel Cowen didn't like lithographed cars, felt they were inferior to his hard baked enamel finish, but during all the Depression years lithography enabled him to produce well detailed trains at far less cost.  Many children's families during this period were able to afford toy trains because of the economy of the lithographic process.  Although these cars started when Lionel bought the Ives Corporation in 1933 they evolved under Lionel's own design and in fact became very popular.  They made up quite a number of low and middle priced sets all they way to the end of the pre-war catalog in 1942.

This is the last version of the Lionel 1682 caboose (after all its "tail end" Tuesday) and it was offered in 1940-41.  A principal dating feature is the color which changed from light / medium red to tuscan in 1940.  This last version has 8 wheels, black journals, and the last version of the box couple with the simulated knuckle on the top of the casting.  It only has one coupler although a version labeled 1682X did come with two.

So here is the Lionel 1682 NYC lithographed caboose in tuscan brown with terra cotta trim.

Here is the end view showing the door.  Note there never was a railing on this car or any other added trim.  The simulated knuckle on the top of the box coupler casting is clearly visible here.

Given the age of this car, when I purchased it the seller told me it came with a box but I had no real expectations about what the condition of that box might be.  When I received it I was astonished at the condition of the some 80 year old box and I was impressed at how the seller preserved the box.  He utilized a sealed heavy plastic outer wrap that was hermetically sealed on the open ends to provide a tight moisture proof seal.  This is perhaps a method others might try if you have something that you intend to store for a significant period.  Note that this is without doubt an original box as the car number is clearly printed on the sides and end flap.

Best wishes for a great week

Don

Hi guys what wonderful photos! I don't have much for you all but I thought this would be a little funny!

Its the tail end of my oil tank train dropping down the grade to the future staging yard!

I hope you all have a great week!

TET, K-Line Empire State Express

@mike g.  Mike in looking at your incline, I suggest adding a stiffener on either side of the ramp. Over time plywood can sag and then you could have operating issues if the sag gets large enough. I used 1x2s on all my 1/2 inch ply ramps - actually on all 1/2 ply - longest section is 8 feet with several at 6.

I could not figure out why the end of the tank train looked like it was not an EOT marker - its a caboose! 

@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

TET, K-Line Empire State Express

Steve, K-line 15" aluminum passengers cars are some of my favorite. That Empire State Observation car is a beauty. Do you have the John Jay Diner? Thanks for posting them!

I too have a set of K-Line 15" aluminum passenger cars but they are the California Zephyr. In order to add two Diner cars to my CZ consist, I bought two Empire State Express John Jay Diners and renamed them California Zephyr Silver Diner and Silver Cafe. Happy TeT!

Here's my TeT for this fine Tuesday. The Santa Fe Chief pulls out of the Paradise train station.

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Steve, K-line 15" aluminum passengers cars are some of my favorite. That Empire State Observation car is a beauty. Do you have the John Jay Diner? Thanks for posting them!

I too have a set of K-Line 15" aluminum passenger cars but they are the California Zephyr. In order to add two Diner cars to my CZ consist, I bought two Empire State Express John Jay Diners and renamed them California Zephyr Silver Diner and Silver Cafe. Happy TeT!

Scott

my diners are Horacio Seymour and George Clinton. My outfit is a mixture of K-Line and K-Line by Lionel.

Steve

Sent Ron045 an unlettered MTH caboose, and “presto” this is what I received back, painstakingly decaled. Thanks, again, Ron