09-14-2014, 02:57 AM
Ray!
Perhaps this may help you.
A couple of years ago (2005?) Märklin released a NYC 19000's series caboose. And also under their second marque name Trix. They were pretty well detailed, but have some bugbears:
- rather expensive, you pay the name "Märklin"
- wrong trucks, there were fitted with ordonary freight car trucks
- the useless short coupling device
I have eliminated the two last bugbears and because this thread will not be the right place to post it here, i will post a new thread in scratchbuilding and kitbashing. Otherwise i found by comparing prototype photos with the model as only deviation the placing of 2 grab irons on the end platforms. They are mounted in horizontal manner instead of vertical.
Sometimes they appear on e-bay.de:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/45703-Marklin-US-Caboose-New-York-Central-Neuware-mit-Originalkarton-/271591376303?pt=DE_Modellbau_Modelleisenbahnen&hash=item3f3c1b85af">http://www.ebay.de/itm/45703-Marklin-US ... 3f3c1b85af</a><!-- m -->
And sometimes with good luck on e-bay.com too.
Will it be worth to purchase one of those Märklin Trix caboose? My opinion is, only when get it for a reasonable price or it is a "must have" item. I think the announced True Line Trains NYC caboose will be better and more worth the money spent to it.
My 2 cents
Lutz
Perhaps this may help you.
A couple of years ago (2005?) Märklin released a NYC 19000's series caboose. And also under their second marque name Trix. They were pretty well detailed, but have some bugbears:
- rather expensive, you pay the name "Märklin"
- wrong trucks, there were fitted with ordonary freight car trucks
- the useless short coupling device
I have eliminated the two last bugbears and because this thread will not be the right place to post it here, i will post a new thread in scratchbuilding and kitbashing. Otherwise i found by comparing prototype photos with the model as only deviation the placing of 2 grab irons on the end platforms. They are mounted in horizontal manner instead of vertical.
Sometimes they appear on e-bay.de:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/45703-Marklin-US-Caboose-New-York-Central-Neuware-mit-Originalkarton-/271591376303?pt=DE_Modellbau_Modelleisenbahnen&hash=item3f3c1b85af">http://www.ebay.de/itm/45703-Marklin-US ... 3f3c1b85af</a><!-- m -->
And sometimes with good luck on e-bay.com too.
Will it be worth to purchase one of those Märklin Trix caboose? My opinion is, only when get it for a reasonable price or it is a "must have" item. I think the announced True Line Trains NYC caboose will be better and more worth the money spent to it.
My 2 cents
Lutz