Centerline rail cleaner caboose

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Here’s a fun project

The center line rail car is an exact fit inside the body shell of this athearn caboose

I simply cut the porches off an existing caboose and glued them on the ends of the center line car body

added some more weigh inside the car

it looks much better being towed around the layout as a caboose

Here it is on the layout

After cutting off the porches of another caboose i ended up with what looked like a 27scale ft flat car

and a caboose body

so i cut the center panels out of the body below the cupola and glued them together to give it porches on both ends and now have a usable car

guess I’ll paint it MOW gray

it kinda reminds me of a transfer caboose

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Pics are a little fuzzy, but your creativity is obvious. Good idea!

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yep sorry about the fuzzy pictures

i really need to remember to use the cameras timer for shots like that

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Good project. I wonder if the “prototype police” will approve though?–LOL

Richard

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I have a similar Centerline car, and found a Bachmann old-timer boxcar body fits the cleaner body; it does sit a bit high for the type of car, but it works. sorry, no photos of it right now.

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Good to know about the Bachman old-timer box car i was wondering if another car would also fit

here’s a couple of less blurry photos

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Good to know about the Bachman old-timer box car i was wondering if another car would also fit

here’s a couple of less blurry photos