Caboose set is GROWING

rfranzosa · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: Caboose set is GROWING

Gaetan and I have been looking at adding additional caboose models to this NE Caboose set, some previously released, some new.

Here is one of the new ones, a former New Haven NE-5 modified (DESTROYED in my view) by the Penn Central. Sad

BLW1946 · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 59 Location: Buffalo NY

actually, it's nice to see a PC caboose with a different character. Looking forward to the set...

skip · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 180

Well Gentlemen, I for one like your PC caboose, I'm from the old school, you can never have too many cabooses....anything from the Midwest roads to be added to the East fleet....? Yes, the more the better. Wink

Skip

skip · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 180

Oh I forgot to add something for the construction crew to look at. If you were to construct these units, they should have all windows installed and not,.....well you will see. Tell me what you think;
http://www.cnwhs.org/memberphotos/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=89
http://www.cnwhs.org/memberphotos/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=80
http://www.cnwhs.org/memberphotos/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=81
A train is not a train without the placement of the caboose at the rear and the marker lamps are hung.. Cool

Skip

rfranzosa

Two comments:

1) I'm not sure what you are getting at with your comment. The PC version is pretty much a composite photo skin from a few different photos, with the windows blanked (right) and partially blanked, with a smaller window added (left).

2) Do you have any CGW caboose photos in the original schemes, pre CNW?

Thanks,

Rick

skip · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 180

Good day Rick, found some shots for you;
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=670783
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=108495
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=35714
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=543569

Hope these help show aa early CGW caboose. Rolling Eyes

Skip

rfranzosa · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject:

Excellent work, Skip!

Thanks!

Rick

rfranzosa · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: ....and CGW

Thanks for the photos, the set will now include 601 (purple) and 609 (red) from CGW.

Set is nearly complete, I'm delivering them a few at a time to Gaetan for his final approval.

Rick

skip · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 180

Looking good, will be interesting to see the color schemes of all the cabooses in your pack. Well now I can think of some freights that I can tag that CGW caboose on, of course though the head end will be made up of Mr.G's C&NW power. Thanks for adding the CGW, greatly appreciated. Wink

Skip

rfranzosa · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject:

Gaetan is also including some previously released cabeese as well. The set will include over 40 different cabooses from over a dozen roads.

RGF

jane · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 8

Rick - any chance of a Drovers Caboose please? I like to run a cattle train for my two young boys and make the Rollins dog and wolves really howl....

rfranzosa · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:20 am Post subject: Drover's Caboose

Hi Jane.

Currently, Gaetan does not have a drover's caboose shape. I basically re-skin the shapes he has developed.

I can ask him if a drover's caboose is a possibility. Do you have a particular one in mind? It would help if we had multiple photos.

I can't make a commitment for Gaetan, though.

Thanks

Rick

jane · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 8

I have seen a few pics of extended cabeese with included bunkhouse for such as the Texas & Pacific, but just the usual three-quarter views... a re-texed boxcar with end platforms might do the trick. The 2 drovers cabs in the TS library are early models and not really long enough. End platforms as fittings to a good boxcar?