Bowser/English's 71026 HO Scale N9E Caboose Penn Central "Early" PC 18389 Reading - RDG offering a more authentic appearance

offering a more authentic appearance and texture than many mass-produced plastic kits of the era

it entered service too late to make an impact on the tide of war and was soon relegated to reconnaissance roles

One chosen was a fiberglass-hulled pleasure craft built by Modutec Marine in Seattle Washington

landing gear with boxed in wheel wells

Bowser/English's 71026 HO Scale N9E Caboose Penn Central "Early" PC 18389 Reading - RDG offering a more authentic appearanceBowser English's 71026 HO Scale N9E Caboose Penn Central "Early" PC 18389 The Despatch Shops N9 and N9E transfer caboose were Penn Central era clones of a New York Central conversion program using frames of 40ft boxcars. Over 200 examples of these classes and similar cars combined were built between 1968 and 1969. Penn Central and Conrail era cars could be found all across their respective systems in local freight and other secondary service. The