Kit #2N – Caboose Services (N)

Description

KIT #2N INFORMATION:

5 structures:  supply shed with outhouse, coal bunker, fuel tank on stand, ice house with loading dock, flag and lantern stand with walkway for caboose roof

N scale

Laser cut walls for accuracy

Pertinent details included as shown

Well-written and thorough instructions and templates; many pictures included in the instructions

Numerous website pictures and an instructional video to assist in building the kit

Unparalleled customer support – I am a cottage business and you will receive a personal response

KIT #2N HISTORY:

Cabooses were used on every freight train for decades in the railroad industry.  They were the crew’s “home” away from home.  Many times a caboose was assigned to a specific conductor and he would decorate it for his own personal tastes.  Often times, the train crew had one informal chef who could cook up a meal better than mom used to make.  Beds in this rolling hotel were often used as the day grew long.  When the crew did get back to the yard and the cabin car was spotted on the caboose track, the supplies and food used on the freight run needed to be refilled.

The caboose was also a working car, with flags and flares and other supplies to help move the train across the line safely.  Kerosene was often used for lamps and marker lights.  Coal was needed to keep the crummy warm.  All of these supplies needed refilling at the end of the run.  Again, the caboose track was the place to do that.

Various structures developed around this track to help the crew restock for the next road trip.  Typically these buildings were small and narrow, to fit in the space between the yard tracks.  Part of the yardmaster’s responsibility was to make sure they were well stocked.  Gons filled with coal would load the coal bin using the “armstrong” method.  Delivery trucks would stock food, ice, kerosene, flags, lanterns, bedding, and whatever else was needed to keep the hack well supplied.  When the caboose was spotted on the track, the crew had ready access to materials and could quickly replenish their home.

Kit includes everything needed to build the structures shown, including detail castings.  It does not include scenery, figures, vehicles, freight cars, glue, paint, trackwork and benchwork.

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