These special
release ready to run wood side, truss rod cabooses are built
by Bluford Shops from Athearn parts.
Grand Trunk
Western used wood sided cabooses from the inception of the line
until the 1970s. GTW connected Chicago with Detroit and Port
Huron, Michigan plus branches. Both the GTW and the Central
Vermont were parts of the sprawling Canadian National family
which explains the general similarity in paint schemes. But
take note, the maple leaves of each railroad are different
Central Vermont's
wooden caboose fleet remained largely intact until 1972 when they
were suddenly replaced by modern steel wide vision cabooses. CV
was a north-south railroad connecting the coast of Connecticutt
at New London with the Canadian border, serving five states and
the province of Quebec in the process.
