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 Posted - April 24 2012 : 08:35:38 AM
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could not resist this last minute buy off ebay,a mint p&le caboose ken
mine is number 530,photo shows 533,its similar but not same
nem coupling conversion is the simplest using kadees
full glazing and lots of nice detail
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 2:22:39 PM
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What a awesome caboose Ken!
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 4:02:43 PM
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Well Ken now you have a P&LE caboose which is NYC. and a Trix NYC caboose. Tho is wasn't lettered for the NYC is was made By Trix to go with the NYC 2-8-2. It is a NYC prototype.
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 4:10:02 PM
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Nice caboose Ken Not a whole lot of graphics on P&LE cabooses Was there? 
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 5:47:15 PM
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frank,they do look good together ken
ben,its not always what they say,but what they do that matters
this caboose is outside Ypsilanti station,can you see the error ken
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Posted - April 24 2012 : 7:53:09 PM
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yup its the 7 isn't it? A upside down 2
that true ken but UP did alot of neat graphics on their cabooses
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Posted - May 08 2012 : 3:13:08 PM
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The P&LE has some really interesting trucks under it!
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Posted - May 08 2012 : 3:39:04 PM
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they are a bit different from norm so what are they ken
the cabooses started life with the union pacific (CA-4 )
the big mistake i think is the lower of the 2 bars under the springs
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Posted - May 08 2012 : 4:56:44 PM
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I'd love to get my hands on a few of those! They are some nice trucks!
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Posted - May 08 2012 : 6:58:16 PM
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| cool UP caboose there are still a few floating around as tourist info cabooses
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