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NH NE class caboose #C-265, Funaro & Camerlengo with Crown Custom trucks & stripwood roofwalks & flooring
We'll start from the "end" of the train with a New Haven Railroad "NE" class caboose. While the NE-4 class was more prevalent on local freights in my era, you can't deny the outright charm of the smallest NH caboose of the late steam era. They lasted through the 1950s in wire train and work train service, but in the late 40s could still be seen on the occasional local freight. That's all the excuse I needed to build one myself.
New Haven Railroad Double Sheathed Wood Boxcar #64928, F&C flat kit
The New Haven got these cars before World War I, but rebuilt them in the 1920s & 30s. They were actually the mainstay of the railroad's freight car fleet until new steel boxcars began arriving in the early 1940s. Notice the wood door & wood/steel composite end.
New Haven Railroad Single Sheathed Wood Boxcar #70294, Westerfield kit
Pretty much the same story as the double-sheathed cars, these cars lasted a bit longer in revenue service, but all were converted to work train and tool car service by the mid 1950s.