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NC&StL #41
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis caboose #41. The preserved one lives in Chattanooga, TN at the Tennessee Valley RR museum and is still in use. Built in 1924 for Florida East Coast, it was acquired by the NC&StL in 1935. The frame was reinforced for pusher service and at some point extra seats were added for branch line service, hence the extra windows. Can you imagine being a paying customer and having a 2-8-8-2 licking away behind you at full bore going 10 mph?
I'd seen the 'plates used as wood siding' idea on BS, but never tried it. This cab fit nicely into my shorter trains category so I thought I'd try it out. 52 1x6 plates and 25 1x3 plates gives you most of this caboose. The cupola isn't quite the prototype, but it's in the spirit. This cab will put in many miles behind my 0-6-0 soon.
NC&StL #41
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis caboose #41. The preserved one lives in Chattanooga, TN at the Tennessee Valley RR museum and is still in use. Built in 1924 for Florida East Coast, it was acquired by the NC&StL in 1935. The frame was reinforced for pusher service and at some point extra seats were added for branch line service, hence the extra windows. Can you imagine being a paying customer and having a 2-8-8-2 licking away behind you at full bore going 10 mph?
I'd seen the 'plates used as wood siding' idea on BS, but never tried it. This cab fit nicely into my shorter trains category so I thought I'd try it out. 52 1x6 plates and 25 1x3 plates gives you most of this caboose. The cupola isn't quite the prototype, but it's in the spirit. This cab will put in many miles behind my 0-6-0 soon.