Caboose freak here and wondering if the Atlas Industrial Rails caboose supposedly a model of a C&O caboose is scale and correct measurements. I have no problem replacing molded on railings with wire and other things like that but I don't care for non-prototypical castings.
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As I recall, the Industrial Rails rolling stock is closer to S scale than O scale. They were designed for the O-27 market That said, detailing one sounds like a good project. I've seen a couple of Lionel 5017 cabooses (also about S scale) super-detailed and they turned out pretty nice.
A Weaver caboose might be a better platform if you can find one.
The center cupola caboose in the OP's picture is pretty close to O scale. The older offset cupola caboose was exactly S size. Many S operators have converted them.
Most of the Industrial rail freight cars were traditionally sized O gauge cars. The only ones that I am aware of that were S size were the older offset cupola cabooses.
Yes, the IR cabooses are "traditional" size. Certainly smaller than 1/4" scale. If u want a C&O center cupola caboose...we have a few of the Atlas O scale sized ones left, (C&O red) , and are taking pre-orders for ones in C&O blue.
http://www.publicdeliverytrack...las-5/?sort=priceasc
beth
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