Tail End Tuesday

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!

At the tail end of a short freight train this Tuesday, January 30, 2024 is Rutland Railroad wood caboose #36, a recent MTH model that I bought from Forum sponsor Public Delivery Track. At the head end is Rutland #500, a Williams-by-Bachmann model of a General Electric 70-Ton switcher locomotive. The consist also includes Rutland double-sheathed wood boxcar #8086, another MTH special run model that I bought from Public Delivery Track. The model of Rutland #36 carries “Route of The Whippet” livery. The Whippet was a quick-turnaround fast freight train that began in 1939. The New York Central Railroad had a financial interest in the Rutland from 1915 until 1941 and the prototype of #36 is an NYC caboose. In the 1950s, #36 was painted in the Rutland’s modern green and yellow paint scheme.

MELGAR

Railking

Here is a RI train for this Tuesday.  Marx RI Alco S3 and 3 RI boxcars + the RI bay window caboose.

Best Wishes

Don

A few CNJ 'tail ends'.

SIRT custom painted for me.

Walter

Tail End of my work train.

A well used but still in service Southern bay window cab.

A well used but still in service Southern bay window cab.

Here are a couple of tail ends for Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

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Couple PW Lionel Pennsy tail ends.

This one has caused me seller’s remorse. I’d love to have this tinplate set back!  😳😳😳

Well T.E.T. fans, here is a consist for you from nearly a century ago.  The AF steeple cab # 3110 available in 1928-1929 pulls a series of cars from the same era labeled "Oriental Limited" with the baggage car having the Great Northern logo.

Here is the T.E.T. view with the Oriental Limited Pullman and observation car.

Best Wishes

Don

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  

Bashed NYC K5 Pacific.

Here ae three of my favorites:

  Have a great TET .       

MTH  Premier  Pennsy caboose..

Ready to head her up.

A Lionel Trains Inc. die cast caboose from 1991 on the tail end of a NYC pacemaker box car unit train.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

  Have a great TET .       

MTH  Premier  Pennsy caboose..

Ready to head her up.

Sharp car Dallas 2 up

@Sitka posted:

Sharp car Dallas 2 up

Thank you Mark.     I thought it was about time to make a contribution to the forum before I  relaxed for the evening.    ( the urge to drift off overtakes me with the early onset of the winter nights.   )

God speed sir.

Here's my TeT, better late then never! This is a new to me rear end loco I received yesterday. Runs great!

@Dallas Joseph posted:

  Have a great TET .       

MTH  Premier  Pennsy caboose..

Ready to head her up.

Dallas, do you have a product number or is that a custom item?

@pennsyfan posted:

Dallas, do you have a product number or is that a custom item?

As near as I can tell Bob it would be the MTH  Premier  # 20-91225 or # 91253  Pennsylvania N-6b Caboose with Operating Signal Man.            There could be other numbers.   I'm seeing prices ranging from $ 103 to $ 145  .......seems high.....I don't think I would have sprung for that high of a price.

The operation does require the MTH 40-1008  O  Realtrax  10 " Operating Track Section.        See one on Trainworld site for $ 34.99.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

As near as I can tell Bob it would be the MTH  Premier  # 20-91225 or # 91253  Pennsylvania N-6b Caboose with Operating Signal Man.            There could be other numbers.   I'm seeing prices ranging from $ 103 to $ 145  .......seems high.....I don't think I would have sprung for that high of a price.

The operation does require the MTH 40-1008  O  Realtrax  10 " Operating Track Section.        See one on Trainworld site for $ 34.99.

Thank you!

@pennsyfan posted:

Dallas, do you have a product number or is that a custom item?

There is a post from 10 / 12 / 15  on the FORUM  .

The heading reads  "MTH  PENNSYLVANIA  CABOOSE  W / OPERATING  SIGNALMAN.

It seems there might be another way to work the signalman. Also there seems to have been this model with several road names according to this thred .

Item number looks to be 20-91242 (from MTH Product Locator)

@Dallas Joseph posted:

There is a post from 10 / 12 / 15  on the FORUM  .

The heading reads  "MTH  PENNSYLVANIA  CABOOSE  W / OPERATING  SIGNALMAN.

It seems there might be another way to work the signalman. Also there seems to have been this model with several road names according to this thred .

Thanks again Dallas; when I was searching, Bradys trains came up. Their write up indicated the bell button on a modern transformer or the MTH RCS track will activate it. The search is on!

@Mike Pyrtko posted:

Item number looks to be 20-91242 (from MTH Product Locator)

Mike, thanks, that caboose does have a brakeman; but it not an operating accessory.

20-91281is also an MTH #.  that is the one I have.

Ron

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  

Looks like some confused tail enders. LoL Great shot Patrick!

MTH Burlington on Tail End Tuesday

Today, Tuesday, February 13, 2024, the tail ends of the tender of Boston & Maine 2-8-0 #2403, a Weaver model, and B&M heavyweight passenger car #4558 by MTH, are shown on my 12'-by-8' layout.

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MTH

Unique Lines caboose bringing up the rear of a cattle car train. That’s Benny the Brakeman giving signals to the engineer.

Here are my 2 tail-enders on the layout right now.

MTH Premier...

Well with a lot of folks showing their caboose with an operating brakeman, I thought I might post my Cragstan switcher with an operating flagman on the rear platform. I am going to assume that since its the "rear" platform, this counts as a "Tail End"

Best wishes

Don

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!

Ernie takes a brake on the rear end of a jet powered snow blower.  That's the rear end of his pickup truck too.

Two brakeman chat it up.

My tail end view for today, February 20, 2024, shows Boston & Maine steel caboose #104647, an MTH Premier model (20-91088 delivered in 2002 at MSRP $54.95) at the back end of a short B&M freight train on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

MELGAR