Does anyone make a wooden CNJ caboose in 3 rail?

The CNJ 'plywood' cabooses were actually rebuilt from boxcars and had tongue-groove sheathing. When rebuilt in late 1950-1960's plywood was used instaed of costly/time consuming t&g.

Here are some prototype and then two 3-rail versions from MTH that sirt did decal work on for me. I now have over 17 CNJ cabooses as wood version and then also bobber versions plus...RMT, Weaver, MTH and LIONEL steel type cabooses plus 1 'real' steel CNJ 91545.

By the way, MTH catalog photos of 2 above cabooses show rounded cupola from PRR version but the non-PRR  MTH versions actually have the square top cupola.

And here is the 'real' deal  CNJ 91545.

Thanks.

Walter M. Matuch (retirement keeps me busy)

I found the article.  It's pretty detailed, but has everything you need to scratch build one.  If I ever get time to get back to modeling, this is high on my list.  I have the trucks for it already.

I have that book! Forgot about it.

The CNJ wood caboose appears to be the original USRA design, from which the steel version(s) evolved.

This caboose is high on my list of things "To Do", and I have an old Ginger Bread Stop styrene HO kit on hand to use as a guide.  As noted above, these wooden cabooses were built from much older boxcars, hence the narrow width overall.  The steel Weaver/ MTH/ Lionel cars are NOT the same car.  

The one thing about these cabooses that I really found interesting is how much narrower they are compared to a Northeastern caboose.