Tail End Tuesday

Ron,

For comparison, here's my MTH model which is listed as Railking, even though it has added-on handrails, sprung trucks, a conductor in the cupola, and other details typical of a Premier model.

MELGAR

75 percent of the shrubs and flowers carefully planted.

Time for some layout stuff.     TET caboose time.

Boy do I ever miss this when warm weather comes around.     ( maybe it will rain today )

God speed with your endeavors today everyone. 

@MELGAR posted:

Ron,

For comparison, here's my MTH model which is listed as Railking, even though it has added-on handrails, sprung trucks, a conductor in the cupola, and other details typical of a Premier model.

MELGAR

I 've  noticed this on some of my older RK rolling stock also MEL.

Here are a few of mine:

@CAPPilot posted:

Good afternoon,

Whatever happened to O-Line?  I have an O-Line PRR N5c cabin somewhere in storage, but here are some images I took a while back comparing it to a K-Line N5c.  The O-Line has the brown roof with #477927.  Definitely looks like the same tooling used for both.

@CAPPilot,

Ron,

Here’s a closer comparison with your PRR N5C radiophone cabooses. The model is PRR #477926 with radiophone and antenna by MTH (20-91286, 2009, MSRP $59.95).

MELGAR

Here are four “tails” waiting for their next assignment…

The Lionel #17601 Southern Railway caboose is my "tail end" for today.

Best Wishes

Don

Great pictures everyone, and I have a lot of catching up to do, I’ve been busy selling a friends train collection and now I’m 98 percent finished….Hallelujah!!!
@Don McErleann, nice Southern RR. Caboose, however the little salesman at the Newstand must have sold his last paper???, nice scene…Tail End Tuesdays is one of the fun topics to review, Happy Railroading Everyone

WBB

Great pictures everyone! I am with Larry it sure nice to catch up with what everyone is posting!

@CAPPilot posted:

Good afternoon,

Whatever happened to O-Line?  I have an O-Line PRR N5c cabin somewhere in storage, but here are some images I took a while back comparing it to a K-Line N5c.  The O-Line has the brown roof with #477927.  Definitely looks like the same tooling used for both.

O-Line even used the same black and yellow boxes.

@leapinlarry- Hello friend, good to hear from you again, been missing your posts for awhile.  Thanks for your comment.  Hope all is OK.

Don

Erie-Lackawanna C308 on Tail End Tuesday

My first view on this Tail-End-Tuesday, May 21^st, 2024 looks at the rear of the cab of New Haven Railroad Alco S-2 diesel switcher 0615 – an MTH Premier model (20-20587-1) delivered in 2016. At the tail-end of the train is New Haven caboose C-681 – an Atlas O model (6671) delivered in 2003. The entire train, including four New Haven steel boxcars with the McGinnis block NH logo, is also shown in the video taken on the O-36 (inner) loop of my 12’-by-8’ model railroad.

MELGAR

K-Line caboose, originally C&O. It was NIB at our last train show but nobody wanted it, so I took it home and repainted it. Since it already had R-Y-R markers, I made it an A.T.&S.F. waycar (Santa Fe purist will point out the markers should be R-Y-Y).  The grain-o-wheat bulbs were replaced with 3mm. warm white bulbs from Evan Designs.

An MTH entry in its Pittsburgh Brewery series of cars (and engine)

walt

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!  

A sailor stands on the rear deck of Pennsy observation car 120.

Brakeman BB Williger  stands on the rear step of B&O Docksider 97.  

K-Line boom car, with brace, repainted and decaled by Krieglok, from the original factory Southern Pacific colors. Crane car original Lionel EL colors.

Here's the tail end of a Union Pacific Vandy tender.

Brimtoy (U.K.) toy train departing...1950's lithograph tin toy train, clockwork locomotive.

Happy T.E.T.  Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean, That’s a beautiful train you’ve shown today, a truly unique model. Also, here’s hoping your health is getting better and that your part of the country is not in harms way. This is a great Topic, happy railroading everyone.

Trinidad or Pueblo, CO maybe?

@Rob Leese posted:

Trinadad or Pueblo, CO maybe?

Rob - beautiful cabooses. Please tell me why the caboose in the foreground has its marker lights on the end opposite the cupola? Thanks.

Photos and video show Boston & Maine northeastern caboose #433 (MTH 30-7740) on my 10’-by-5’ layout at the tail-end of a short train pulled by B&M USRA 0-8-0 steam switcher #617 (MTH 30-1184-1). The model caboose was delivered in 2000 at MSRP $39.95.

MELGAR

Railking, from a RTR set, helpfully ID’d by PRR1950 & cpowell (thanks again, guys)

@MELGAR posted:

Photos and video show Boston & Maine northeastern caboose #433 (MTH 30-7740) on my 10’-by-5’ layout at the tail-end of a short train pulled by B&M USRA 0-8-0 steam switcher #617 (MTH 30-1184-1). The model caboose was delivered in 2000 at MSRP $39.95.

MELGAR

Mel, a couple of nice pics between the buildings.👍

Gene

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday! ...

Mr. Roberts is surprised to find that his rear tag has been stolen.

Tail end of a work caboose as the full moon glows.

Early morning pic of the rear of a SW 1 switcher as it goes to work in the yard.

Here is a tail-end on this Tuesday.  WbB B&O observation at the station.

@Genemed posted:

Mel, a couple of nice pics between the buildings.👍

Gene

Thanks Gene!

The buildings are a part of the railroad scene that's especially important on a small layout to give the impression that the train, in this case on just 10'-by-5' oval of track, is going somewhere.

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

Thanks Gene!

The buildings are a part of the railroad scene that's especially important on a small layout to give the impression that the train, in this case on just 10'-by-5' oval of track, is going somewhere.

MELGAR

Your intention is very noticeable on many of your posts. You have a technique for this with excellent results.

Gene

Well something a little different today.  A Hornby cattle / livestock train moves down the line and bringing up the rear is the hay wagon to provide feed for the critters' in route.  The train will have to stop periodically to allow the cattle drovers to feed and water the animals and the "fiber" wagon provides a source of feed.

Best Wishes

Don

Here’s a shot of Jersey Central “northeastern” steel caboose #91524 bringing up the tail end of a mixed freight over Penobscot Mountain.  This is a MTH Premier model that I custom painted, lettered, detailed and weathered several years ago.  She’s well worn but still providing reliable service to the CNJ and her crew.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Rob - beautiful cabooses. Please tell me why the caboose in the foreground has its marker lights on the end opposite the cupola? Thanks.

See this page for the answer:

https://ogrforum.com/...t-the-moment?page=50

@Mark V. Spadaro

The tail end cab car of a Metro North Commuter train leaving Brewster, making stops at Southeast, Patterson, Pawling, Harlem Valley Wingdale, Dover Plains, Tenmile River and Wassaic (I can still hear that announcement in my head!!!). I believe, at Wassaic, you can catch connecting service to Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga

Here's the tail end of my Santa Fe EV caboose.

MTH tail end

@Sitka posted:

MTH tail end

I want to be the first one to like this post.

Tail end of a Tuesday and a tail end of a PRR N6a Cabin.

I went back to page 1 looking to see who starts Tail End Tuesday. I hope I’m not stepping on any toes here.  Since you’ve all been so good I asked Conductor Joe Jones to let you ride in the cupola. So here’s my Tail End topside.

Lionel - windows clear, not opaque, so it’s blazingly bright on the track.