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At the tail end of my train this Friday are New York Central cabooses #19877 and #380 – pulled by Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T #15 on the O-36 inner loop which runs through a narrow rock cut on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The cabooses were made by MTH.

When I built the layout, the inner part was open for access but I didn’t like the way it looked, so I filled it in and added a truss bridge, hills, and the O-36 inner loop. The rock cut was made to look like the cut on the Hudson Line of the New York Central Railroad just south of the Spuyten Duyvil station. Does anyone see a resemblance?

MELGAR

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@Jim Teeple posted:

Ken

Who makes the Station , I like it.

Jim,

I built that station more than a decade ago from a wood laser kit and I don't remember who made it. It is almost identical to a standard C&O station but the kit was marketed as being some other railroad's station. I haven't seen another for sale in years. Here's a couple of better views:

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Ken

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@kanawha posted:

Jim,

I built that station more than a decade ago from a wood laser kit and I don't remember who made it. It is almost identical to a standard C&O station but the kit was marketed as being some other railroad's station. I haven't seen another for sale in years. Here's a couple of better views:



Ken

Ken

Thank you so much for the photo, saved them to my future projects file.

Jim

My tail-end subject for Tuesday 11/26/2024 is an MTH model (20-91036) of New Haven extended-vision caboose C-692. It was delivered in 2001 at MSRP $44.95 and has been on my shelf ever since but never run until now. It isn’t prototypical. The New Haven never had an extended-vision caboose, although some New Haven steel cabooses were painted black with block “NH” letters, like the model.

Photos and videos show C-692 at the tail-end of a freight train pulled by New Haven Alco RS-3 #531 (model by Atlas O Trainman) on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

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Here's some frosty rears for this fine Tuesday!

Conductor Bert Dasher steps out on the rear deck of the caboose for some fresh air.  As the temps are in the low 20's he'll soon be back inside his caboose enjoying the warmth provided by the potbelly stove.

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Ol' Bert can hear the action overhead but he sure wishes he could see what's going on.  IMG_0853

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@pennsyfan posted:

My Tailends for this Tuesday are a Brooklin Models ‘58 Pontiac  Bonneville and a ‘55 Pontiac StarChief, unknown maker. The drivers are both waiting for the Tailend of the trolls to move down the street.
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I'm not well versed in classic Pontiac rear ends so I don't know if he's driving the Bonneville or the StarChief bu the guy on the left needs to pay more attention to the road and less to his girlfriend.

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