Hi, Tim.
There were very few side door cabooses to begin with. Some made it to the
merger. I will need to look up exactly which ones.. Several other wooden
cabooses made it to the merger as well. Some in mineral red and some in
Chinese red. There were even a few that were painted all green as an
experimental scheme just before the merger. NE-1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12A
and 13 classes were represented at the end.
If you are looking at wooden cabooses, I strongly recomend obtaining a
recent Challenger NE. They have Done NE-1, 6, 7 and 9, all wooden classes.
Most are painted in the later mineral red scheme with no black background in
the herald. A few are painted in the "older" scheme with the black
background. A few are in the Chineese red scheme. All these schemes made
it to the end.
Other than the car number (I know I don't care with my fleet) all the recent
Challenger waycars are correct right up to the end. I love this because I
get to use the same waycars with steam or late Q diesels. They show up on
mainline through freights in many photos and videos right up to the end.
Did I mention these are the best looking cabooses that anybody has ever
done for any road? I now have 7 and look for more at bargan prices.
Average price is $160 to $170. They list for $200. They are all over the
web today. (Let me know if you need help finding one.) IMO, don't wast time
or money on any other way car model unless you realy, realy just have to
paint your own. Then you can look at Orientals. ( What's your time worth?)
The Orientals occasionally go for less than $125. They have less detail
than the Challenger but if you find a cheap one, it may be worth buying if
you must have a green one.
LMB, Signal House, Lambert and I think Nickel Plate Products all have
major errors and crude details. I sold the ones I modified so I could buy
more Challengers.
As for the cars on ebay, the LMB and Signal House have incorect details.
The side door had replacement trucks that are vastly different from the
prototype. The steel NE-12 was decaled wrong but the NE-10 was OK. I got
that one.
BTW, I have virtually all the Q books and stuff here. I'll gladly look
stuff up for you. Steve
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