For what it's worth, the Mopac short bay window caboose (it's technically a road caboose, despite it's appearance) has been made in O scale by Overland Models. They come up occasionally on ebay, or at train shows.
Jim
I would buy a 1:48th Scale, all steel transfer caboose in the Grand Trunk Western scheme.
Andrew
I would buy 1 Penn Central, 1 Conrail, 1 Mopac.
I would need two undecorated so I could paint them Republic Steel colors otherwise I would settle for EL, not being lazy, just save me doing another job on the Railroad. Roo.
Erie, Yes!
Erie Lackawanna road no. T-16 Hammond or T-11 Huntington
Just bought this beaut from the Netherlands for $10 made in 1990
I like these transfer cabooses. Because I run PRR exclusively (until I get crazy and buy a Berk with a front feedwater heater), the nx23 reportedly was used (1943-1944) during that specific time of WWII as a cabin car for transfer duties. It would be interesting to make one, and I might consider buying one. But my research does not reveal any other PRR car designated as a transfer car. Thus my question: Did PRR just use a stock cabin car as a transfer car?
Edit: The PRR poling car is something I tried to scratch build to incorporate into a track cleaning car and looks similar to some of the transfer cars.
Hey Chris...please email me. I've been trying to reach you. Thanks.
I have not seen a Rio Grande or Colorado &Southern transfer caboose...the big books on Mopac and Burlington beese may show some Q and C&S versions ..gonna have to look.
Fyi...I am prowling on trainz for a caboose for my son and there is at least one lionel transfer caboose. It is in a group lot so I only found it by combing through each lot one by one. Don't hold me to any specifics as far as era but i will see if i can find it.
colorado hirailer posted:I have not seen a Rio Grande or Colorado &Southern transfer caboose...the big books on Mopac and Burlington beese may show some Q and C&S versions ..gonna have to look.
There was only one "transfer caboose" as such on the entire Burlington system (CB&Q, C&S, FW&D) I'm aware of, Class NE CB&Q 14700, built from an old boxcar. (Also the only bay window caboose on the Q.) It worked in the Chicago area.
Many railroads like the Q simply used whatever caboose (waycar in Q parlance) was handy for transfers. Some also assigned older cabooses for transfer service.
Sometimes, they didn't even use a caboose. When I was an early teen, there was a train a friend and I called the "three-three-o" because it came through town around 3:30 in the afternoon, running from Clyde Yard (Cicero) to the IHB Congress Park interchange in Brookfield/La Grange. A red flag was simply placed in the coupler knuckle of the last car.
Under BN however, looks like some transfer cabooses were built out of old GN switchers (or maybe GN built them, don't know) :
Rusty
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The one I found on trainz is for Erie Lackawanna.
No interest. But thanks for asking.
C&NW transfer caboose.
Here are a few pictures of HO models, made by Buford shops.
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Knew I'd got another one some where!
BobbyD posted:Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Other then the MPC era Lionel caboose, I do not know of one available (or at least mass produced/plastic)
Would anyone be interested if someone? MTH, Lionel, Atlas/trainman if made in 3 rail?
Now, I understand that many railroads built their own caboose and have many different styles to their own car shops.
I think if they built a nice scale one many would order it.
Though the volume is probably so low that we couldn't expect railroad specific details.
These were not transfer cabooses. These were built by the Missouri Pacific's Sedalia Shops and were everyday over the road cabooses. I grew up seeing these on freights going through Austin, Texas on the MoPac.
With only one on the Q, that saves me from rooting through that caboose book..on to the MP book to check for steam era ones.
Another story for the MP, which had a wild variety of cabooses, with many versions of sidedoors, was several wooden SP cabooses that were used unmodified, except for buzzsaw emblem, in transfer duty. However, it's many subsidiaries had various transfer cabooses in the privy on a shingle tradition. Alton and Southern #16, outside braced with attractive paint pattern, in green and yellow, with crow's nests on the roof at each end, trimmed in aluminum, looks interesting.
I'd take one possibly two if it was similar to the MoPac one. As for the MFG, I'd prefer that Atlas make it.
Can we bring this back to the top?
Brother Love (Malcolm) might be the quickest and most prototypical (definitely most prototypical) option for the transfer caboose of your favorite railroad.
Oh yes, I'd buy one or two. Abnd make one, eventually, if none were available. Interesting car.
