Matching engines with cabooses all depends on the era you model. In the
late 70's the MKT here in Texas leased some cabooses from the Alaska
Railroad. Run-through's started in the late 50's and became common in
the 70's also, so you would see all kinds of power being exchanged. In
other times as old engines were traded in, leasing companies would
release power to anybody who needed it without repainting, so again
engines were swapped out without regard to color schemes.
So if your modeling these eras doing some mix-up shouldn't bother you,
However, I do have problems with mixing eras in one train. In such
cases you won't be running wooden billboard beer reefers next to double
stacks. And unless your doing a fan trip you generally won't be running
wide vision cabooses with steam power. Of course you can take all this
several steps further to where you watch out for brake systems that were
outlawed in interchange, later they outlawed running boards, switcher
front steps etc.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
>
>
> Engines/loco's with different caboose. I see it all the time at
> train shows on club layouts. I cringe everytime when I do see
> it. And more times then not, the loco and caboose are from extreme
> ends of the country. What, does no one ever buy a caboose for the
> same road as their engine ?
>
> WP Scaler
>
>
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