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It's always nice to step back and look at a project as it nears completion-- B&M caboose C-72R is just about finished in this photo taken inside RMNE's Thomaston Shop on Thursday evening, 10/28/10. I had just finished applying the B&M herald decals (4-pieces each). The car had an extensive prep and a repaint to the 1977-78 appearance and number. Coupler and coupler carrier repairs were done as well. A few more touch up items remain to be completed this coming weekend, and then C-72R rolls out the door, headed for the Thomaston Station display track.
Car was built by International Car in 1959, using the underframe and trucks of a 1921 B&M wood-bodied caboose (there were 38 rebuilds). Another rebuilding program in 1975-77 resulted in this red-end paint scheme and roller bearing trucks. Renumbered to 472 in 1980, the car was retired and sold to RMNE in 1992. It was repainted by RMNE once before, in 1998.
Howard P.