HOn3 cars for TrainNut

[nachoman]

Yesterday, TrainNut brought over four HOn3 cars for me to assemble. They include a Precision Scale D&RGW short caboose, and three Rail Line D&RGW 3000 series boxcars. Since this forum can never have enough build threads, I thought it may be helpful to document my progress here.

I started with the caboose. The D&RGW rostered two basic types of narrow gauge caboose in the mid-20th century - "long" and "short". The short cabooses were retired in the early 1950s as the Rio Grande abandoned many of it's narrow gauge branches. The short caboose was less comfortable with crews, especially because it lacked a bathroom . I decided to model this caboose after # 0500, pictured here in Durango:



This caboose was saved by Bob Richardson and survives today on the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad.