Tail End Tuesday

SP Tail End Tuesday on a California winter evening.

Wow, page 37 of beautiful Tail ends of trains, locomotives, you name it, there’s a tail about it somewhere, Happy Tail End Tuesday everyone. This is a VisionLine UP Caboose, and an Atlas O Frisco caboose…. Happy Railroading Everyone

Some tails on a Tail End Tuesday

Photos and video show the tail end of Metro-North Commuter Railroad Comet II coach #6268 Fairfield County (Connecticut Department of Transportation) running behind coach #6255 Noah Webster and Amtrak F7 #102 on the O-72 curves of my 12’-by-8’ layout. These 21-inch cars were made by Atlas O in 2008. I rode on them when they ran in Connecticut. The locomotive also is an Atlas O model delivered in 2015 (30134002) with TMCC.

MELGAR

PRR Porthole caboose, Buckeye Division bringing up the rear on a coal drag.

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!   AND it's a tender rear at that!!

Wow, Patrick. What attention to detail! Coal chip residue on the tender slope!

Well going to school on Patrick, here are a couple of my "tender" behinds ...

A JEP streamlined oil tender and steamer from the 1950's.

A Hornby MO locomotive and tender from 1930-

Best Wishes

Don

Lionel

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Wow, Patrick. What attention to detail! Coal chip residue on the tender slope!

Mark - Thanks for noticing!  While I don't consider myself a master weatherer, I do my best and "try" to get it right!  Sometimes I succeed and sometime I don't, however, the process is always enjoyable.  

The observation car of the Santa Fe Super Chief.

Tailend of PRR Metroliner at station stop.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well going to school on Patrick, here are a couple of my "tender" behinds ...

A JEP streamlined oil tender and steamer from the 1950's.

A Hornby MO locomotive and tender from 1930-

Best Wishes

Don

Nice Don,

You inspired me to go back up to the train room and get another subject.
JEP PREWAR electric showing the Tailend.

@CNJ #1601 posted:

Joe, your weathering is superb!

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Joe, your weathering is superb!

Thank you, Mark!  Hope to see you at the Big E. show if you make it up this way.

Weaver. My paint/decals (letter set).

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  Rears of a pickup truck, work caboose, and Elmer Smucker.  

Here is mine for the day...

Donald

@pennsyfan- Hey, last week was a circus of frozen pipes and broken hinges on my garage door (trapping my car!).  So I am catching up on my post reviews.  Thank you for the nice comment on my JEP engine last week.  I really love your JEP loco and car as well.  Thanks for posting.

Well today, I have a surprising find (for me).  I was at a Train Show and wanted a Hafner 1010 loco and tender - the tender especially as it was somewhat unusual.  However the seller didn't want to sell unless I took the rest of the train.  Since that was only 1 oil car and a caboose and the delta price was but $5 I said sure.  When I got home, I was pleased to find out that while the oil car is common, the caboose is a little different than the common short streamlined caboose.  It is a fully lithographed PRR caboose.  These cars were made both pre and post war from about 1937-1951although when a particular car was made is not known to me.  The "short " streamlined cars (5 5/16" long) were made to counter the comment that the longer streamlined freights (6 3/4"long) were too long in appearance for the wheelbase (same on both types).  Both long and short streamlined cars were available from Hafner over the full period so you had your pick.  The long ones are impressive but the appearance of the short ones is more realistic in comparison with the locomotive.

Anyway, the lithographed PRR #81932 short streamlined caboose is most likely a later product and may only have been offered post war 1945-1951 but I can't confirm that.  It shares the same "streamlined" outline as all the later Hafner freights, including a streamlined cupola on the caboose.

Here is the coupler end, showing the end lithography.  The upturned coupler is common however they have been found with down turned couplers the question being was this done by Hafner or a user??

Here is the Tail End...HEY ITS TUESDAY!!...Note the small printing "Hafner Trains" below the lithographed railing.  This is another interesting variation for Hafner, the only place their name appears on this car is this very small printed lettering.  Typically Hafner put their name very prominently as part of the livery on their cars...so why did they get "shy" with this one??

Well that's my Tuesday Tail End for today.  Best Wishes

Don

Although I have several modern models of Pennsylvania cabooses by MTH, the one I usually choose to run behind PRR locomotives is Lionel’s N5c #6437 – made in the 1960s – and with other road names and numbers before. This one was "Made in USA" and given to me by forum member @Apples55.

MELGAR

The following photos are by my son Chris in the Great Northeastern Railway's Mt. Carroll Yard of a caboose weathered by my friend and OGR Forum luminary, Patrick Whitehead (aka trumptrain). There is snow on the ground and a fog is rolling in from the northwest.

Below, the tail end of a front end. The GNR dockside switcher was again weathered by Pat Whitehead and the hopper it is pulling was weathered by Chris Harrison.

Have a good TET

@MELGAR posted:

Although I have several modern models of Pennsylvania cabooses by MTH, the one I usually choose to run behind PRR locomotives is Lionel’s N5c #6437 – made in the 1960s – and with other road names and numbers before. This one was "Made in USA" and given to me by forum member @Apples55.

MELGAR

MELGAR - I love those PW Lionel Pennsy N5c cabooses!   They a have special charm all their own.  I have two and run them behind some of my Pennsy trains.  

Btw - your 3rd photo top is magazine cover material!!

@NYC Fan posted:

Skip - gorgeous pics!  I particularly love the top one!!!

@MELGAR posted:

Although I have several modern models of Pennsylvania cabooses by MTH, the one I usually choose to run behind PRR locomotives is Lionel’s N5c #6437 – made in the 1960s – and with other road names and numbers before. This one was "Made in USA" and given to me by forum member @Apples55.

MELGAR

That hobo is in for a world of hurt if he runs into "The Shack"...for those of you wondering what the heck that means, poke here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070030/

@trumpettrain posted:

MELGAR - I love those PW Lionel Pennsy N5c cabooses!   They a have special charm all their own.  I have two and run them behind some of my Pennsy trains.  

Btw - your 3rd photo top is magazine cover material!!

Patrick,

Thank you. I appreciate the comment. It comes from someone whose opinion on the subject I respect.

MELGAR

Happy TET

@trumpettrain

@MELGAR

Great Pennsy cabooses

@Don McErlean nice looking Hafner find.

Here are my tail ends for Tuesday.

Fresh out of the paint shop, CNJ plywood-sheathed caboose # 91347 brings up the rear markers for the local switching crew...

@pennsyfan- Thanks for the comment...Don

Some really great photos this week!!! Here's my humble TeT of SP SW8 #1102 heading through the passenger station tail end first going to an industry to pickup a couple of boxcars. Happy Tuesday!

This is a great  topic, @WesternPacific 2217, Beautiful Southern Pacific switcher and cool scene, and thank you for the kind words earlier, Happy Railroading Everyone

Railking

Last photo together - an MTH Burlington Zephyr and a 3rd Rail M10000. The M is on its way to a new home with a forum member.

I've been avoiding installing tortoise switches under this section to control the crossovers. Just placed the building and trees in to add visual interest.

Couple Tails for this Tail End Tuesday

Happy TNT!

KMT Space Research Caboose

Here's a shot of Union Pacific's Yellowstone Special tail end observation car.