How to scratchbuild a caboose. Includes construction photos, drawings and materials list.

A photo collection of cabeese found by the author in the mid 1980's. Each are scratchbuilt or kitbashed.

Article includes a description, scale drawings, and prototype photos of a wide-cupola steel caboose rebuilts from a boxcar.

Article includes an S-scale drawing and a prototype photo of the CP #45.

The author describes how he built this Canadian National Railways caboose from strip and sheet wood. Includes model and prototype photos, as well as construction detail drawings and scale drawings (including interior layout).

The author describes the modifications he made to this model. Includes parts list, model photos, and how to make the round windows.

This model by Malcolm Harvey features exquisite detailing on the exterior and the interior. The roof of the caboose is removable to reveal a fully detailed interior, including working parts. The exterior features, among many things, a working brake system.

The author took a Bowser N-8 caboose and transformed it into a model fitting the 1970-79 time period. Includes prototype and modeling photos, and detail drawings for the modifications made. A parts list and weathering instructions are also provided.

LED lighting installation in an Atlas caboose.

This article shows how to power the LED in the caboose using the Richmond Controls' EZ-LITE N-scale Caboose Lighting Model EZ41. Included are installation of the axle wipers and the metal wheels.

The prototype converted troop sleeper cars into these cabooses in the mid-1950's, and so the author did the same thing using Cannonball Car Shops' kits of troop sleeper cars. Includes several prototype photos and some model photos, as well as a parts list.

The author converted a San Juan Car Company's D&RGW boxcar and convert it into this caboose, similar to what the prototype did in 1915. Includes model and prototype photos, and scale drawings.

The author took two Athearn models to make this one caboose. The article includes prototype photos, scale drawings, a parts list, and model construction photos.

The author took an Atlas wide vision caboose and turned it into this model of the BCOL "van". Step-by-step modification photos are shown.

The author used two Mantua old-time combines to kitbash this model. Scale and cutting diagrams are included. It has model photos, but no prototype photos.

Reworking a brass caboose.

Includes prototype and model photos and materials list. The cars modeled are numbers 10908 and 10357.

Modeling a wood DM&IR caboose. Includes a scale drawing, prototype, and construction and finished model photos.

The author took some old N-scale Minitrix UP cabooses and converted them to PRR class N6 cabin cars. Includes some model construction photos.

Many prototype photos (including one interior photo) and scale drawings accompany this brief article.

Prototype photos and scale drawings of the ON's cabeese numbers 100-105.

75 X23 class boxcars were converted to cabin cars in 1943. Article includes roster, equipment diagram, and prototype photos (including interior)

The PRR Project Group (a Yahoo! mailing list) wraps up the group's effort to build PRR N5 series cabin cars. Includes several model photos. Their next project is an FM flat car.

Taking an old brass caboose and converting it into a model that would fit a modern era layout.

Rather than scratchbuilding models, we can modify existing models to more closely resemble the prototype, and then repaint them.

Besides the brief description, this article also contains prototype photos and scale drawings of the exterior and interior of this caboose.

The upgrades to the N5 and N5c cabin cars include installing the PRR Trainphone antenna, separate corner grab irons, Z-scale couplers, window glazing, and light weathering.

This article discusses the micro-sized LED's available, how to work with them, and, of course, it covers installing them in marker lamps attached to cabooses. Although the article covers an HO-scale installation, the author is convinced that this is also doable in N-scale. Includes installation photos and a wiring diagram.

In the real world these cars were usually built by using a cabin from a box car and a flat car with steps. The author built his model from an old MT caboose. Small diagrams and model photos accompany the article.

The author started with two Atlas bobber cabooses to kitbash these models. Includes construction photos and detail diagrams.

Installing wire grab irons, truck clearance issues, and repositioning the body bolsters.

The author shows how he modified the model to make it more accurate. Includes only model photos.