New Uncataloged O Scale Premier N-6b Cabooses Released

August 2, 2019 - M.T.H. Electric Trains has released two uncataloged Premier O Scale N-6b Cabooses in Strasburg Railroad paint schemes for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Nicholas Smith Trains in Broomall, Pennsylvania.

The cabooses are limited in production but can be purchased for $64.99 (plus freight) exclusively through M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Nicholas Smith Trains.

Item No. 20-91632 Strasburg O Scale Premier N-6b Caboose (Red)
MSRP: $64.99 (plus freight)

Item No. 20-91633 Strasburg O Scale Premier N-6b Caboose (Tuscan)
MSRP: $64.99 (plus freight)

ABOUT THE N6b CABOOSE

Until 1920, the Pennsylvania Railroad was divided into Lines West and Lines East, with Pittsburgh as the dividing point. To a large extent, the two operating regions went their separate ways when it came to equipment design, with cabooses being a case in point. In 1914, as Lines East was starting to build the all-steel N5 cabin cars (the Pennsy’s name for a caboose), the frugal Lines West commenced a rebuilding program to convert its wooden, four-wheeled cabin car fleet into eight-wheeled, wood-bodied cabooses with steel underframes. The stimulus for the rebuilding was a 1913 Ohio law that mandated steel underframes on cabooses used in pusher service — after a number of older cabin cars had been smashed to bits by the more powerful pushers that were then coming into service.

The rebuilt cabooses came in two classes. The N6a "Fort Wayne" type had what later would be called a wide-vision cupola, extending more than the full width of the car. But because tunnel clearances on the Panhandle Division between Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio were too tight for the N6a, the N6b was designed with a narrower cupola with inward-sloping sides and an arched roof. In later years, crews would nickname the N6b the "Mae West," in honor of the voluptuous, narrow-waisted actress.

Our Strasburg versions of the N6b accurately recreate the dimensions of the Mae West and all of its characteristic details. Premier N6b’s in other road names feature a flat-top cupola, creating a model typical of the thousands of wood-bodied, steel underframe cabooses seen across the country during the steam and early diesel eras.

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM:

Nicholas Smith Trains
2343 W. Chester Pike
Broomall, PA 19008
610-353-8585
www.nstrains.com
mth@nstrains.com

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