09-12-2014, 01:49 PM
Ray,
Problem is NYC didn't use off the shelf cabooses like many roads. Their most common wooden caboose, the 19000-series cars were home built. True Line Trains in conjunction with the New York Central Historical Society is working on releasing a RTR 19000 car. AMB LaserKit has also just announced a wooden kit for the 19000 cars. That said, I've only seen pictures of one that made it into the Penn Central years.
One of the more common steel cabooses, the Lot 782 cars were again built in house at the NYC's Despatch Shops. Wright Trak has produced a resin kit for these cars. This link will give you quite a bit of info about NYC cabooses:
http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-M...ABOOSE.htm
Your best bet might be to look for Penn Central cabooses. Walthers, Proto and others have produced a number of models that would work plus a large assortment of Bowser Pennsy cabooses that are accurate for the Penn Central years.
Jason Cook
Problem is NYC didn't use off the shelf cabooses like many roads. Their most common wooden caboose, the 19000-series cars were home built. True Line Trains in conjunction with the New York Central Historical Society is working on releasing a RTR 19000 car. AMB LaserKit has also just announced a wooden kit for the 19000 cars. That said, I've only seen pictures of one that made it into the Penn Central years.
One of the more common steel cabooses, the Lot 782 cars were again built in house at the NYC's Despatch Shops. Wright Trak has produced a resin kit for these cars. This link will give you quite a bit of info about NYC cabooses:
http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-M...ABOOSE.htm
Your best bet might be to look for Penn Central cabooses. Walthers, Proto and others have produced a number of models that would work plus a large assortment of Bowser Pennsy cabooses that are accurate for the Penn Central years.
Jason Cook