MDC/Roundhouse.
Thanks
Is it a specific type ?
Looks like what MDC/Roundhouse calls a “Drovers” caboose.
-George
I’d expect more windows if a drovers’ caboose, which had sitting accommodations for accompanying cowboys.
Doors with both end doors and side doors were sometimes used on light-traffic lines and carried express as well as carrying out caboose duties. The side doors made loading/unloading of express easy. If the caboose didn’t have end doors/platforms, the side-doors were merely a way to provide interior access.
Mark
Looks like the MDC caboose but the builder reversed the roof install. Nice idea. You can also see the light fixture on the roof of the cupola.
Below is my MDC caboose.
Below is the diagram from the kit.
http://www.hoseeker.net/mdcinstructionscars/rhdoecaboose.jpg
Rich
This Westerfield model is of a box car caboose. The prototype boxcar was transformed into a caboose with the addition of running board, side stesps windows, end doors, lots of handgrabs, and minimal interior accommodations. The regular side doors have also been modified to be human-sized and were used for interior access as there are no end platforms. To reduce any confusion, the car is labeled as a “caboose.”
While the prototype for this model was used for branchline passenger service (on mixed passenger/freight trains, I presume), it is consistent with the picture in my mind when someone says “drovers caboose.”
Oh shucks. See kit no. 873 at http://www.laserkit.com/laserkit.htm
That he (me) did but it has undergone a rebuild [:)]
You’re lucky to have an easy fix. Me, I built a Branchline Pullman with the body reversed in relation to the underbody. I ended up giving the model to a friend who didn’t mind the gross error.
Mark [D)]
Ah ha! That’s the part that had me confused!
-George
Well then I guess it is called an Open End Side Door according to the kit diagram