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Weaver never made a NE Cab in NYC? Can't prove that they have without research,

but I find that hard to believe - they've put out that NE Cab in everything - L&N and GM&O,

for example. (They didn't have any, and neither did the Central, I believe. The NE Cab was generic enough to stand in for all sorts of "near-misses".)

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GG1 4877 - I have both the MTH NE Cab (they did it in GM&O) and the Weaver - the rivets

are smaller on the Weaver, but you probably know that.

 

Does this mean that you don't have a model of the GG1 "Old Rivets"? (Don't remember

the road number - it wasn't a Hudson, after all.)

Did someone say "Rivets"?   It helped being the primary design consultant for the project.  I have two! 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a two Weaver "NE" style cabooses in Conrail, but unfortunately one took a slight spill off a modular layout onto concrete.  It was the old style in all plastic.  Still trying to figure out how to put it back together.  I think between the two of them I have a whole caboose.  Sometime I'll get it painted for CNJ too.

 

Originally Posted by Randy_B:

Lionel made this one in 2007, model number 6-17682:

 

 

6-17682_4261

 

Nicholas Smith and America's Best both show one in inventory and there is one currently on Ebay. Hope that helps.

I have one of those (Lionel #6-17682), and I like it very much.  It rides behind coal drags, pulled by my Lionel Reading T-1.  But if you get one, I recommend leaving the smoke unit off.  I had a derailment, once, with the smoke unit on, and I only caught it in time as it shorted and the floor beneath the smoker was starting to melt.  No visible damage done, but since then I never use the smoke feature.  In fact, I intend to remove it altogether, and replace the oversized working stack with a scale one.

 

Other than that, it's a great model with excellent detail, much better than it appears in the catalog photo.  Mine has factory working marker lights.

 

 

 

I took a trip back to Bloomsburg, Pa on May 02, for a family gathering (my dad was born there).  I also wanted to go and see the sights I haven't seen since I was a little tyke.  South on Rt. 42 between Bloomsburg and Catawissa, is a rock formation when viewed from the road, appears to be a profile of a Native American Indian.  The other photo was taken just down the road that was serendipitous.  This is what sparked my search for a four window northeastern caboose.

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