{"id":654,"date":"2009-07-04T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2021-06-19T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T17:36:15","slug":"two-vintage-oo-cabooses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"Two vintage OO cabooses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have had both of these cabooses a while but just this past week got them set up again for operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cabooses.jpg?resize=609%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cabooses.jpg?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cabooses.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cabooses.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cabooses.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lower caboose is Nason and is on Nason trucks. Overall it is pretty much the stock version of this classic car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upper caboose was purchased on eBay and deserves a closer look. When I saw it I thought it might be modified Nason and it was in a lot with a Nason reefer. Actually, it is scratchbuilt and was in fact at some point repaired a good bit with a couple \u201cDutchmen\u201d added to one corner of the roof and the steps, plus one of the steps is plastic at the site of that repair. I set this car up with modified Sn3 Rio Grande Models caboose trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CabooseClose.jpg?resize=438%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1565\" width=\"438\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CabooseClose.jpg?w=777&amp;ssl=1 777w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CabooseClose.jpg?resize=300%2C117&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/americanootoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CabooseClose.jpg?resize=768%2C299&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not certain but I doubt this car follows any particular prototype. The thing that most interests me with this car is the hand lettering and in particular this date. I think we can assume that the builder lettered this side of the car on 9-10-37. The other side is actually unlettered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One coupler on this car is Nason and the other end had no coupler. I put on a Kadee so that it would easily trail a train of vintage OO cars. The Nason car has Scale-Craft couplers. The trucks on it have modified Lionel wheelsets (I did not do the deed!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE: The Naugatuck Valley caboose was later upgraded (right word?) to a pair of vintage arch bar trucks of uncertain manufacture that match the car well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had both of these cabooses a while but just this past week got them set up again for operation. 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