About the modified cabooses in the photo below: The top one was built by joining two Mantua bobbers, the center one has a semi-streamline cupola, and the bottom one has an enlarged cupola. This photo resulted because the management of the Yardley and Hillton Railroad and the management of the Western Railway Equipment Experimenters cooperated in getting a photo to include in advertising brochures. I wonder if John Deere (four different generations) had some involvement also. Freelancing can tolerate this time warp condition. Those tractors span a period of at least 40 years on the calendar. Here below is a photo staged for the photographer (who was standing with his tripod on top of the roundhouse) showing 3 of WREX favorite cabooses.
A scene such as the one above would not be found in real life. A wood sheathed caboose, an ice cooled refrigerator car, a diesel switcher and a steam road locomotive, tractors with steel wheels, rubber tired tricycle style and four wheel drive models with air conditioned cab. Only with a flexible concept of time can one tolerate such frivolities. Freelancing can free one from the bounds of real time. If I was not proud of this collection I would not print it. I have modified the appearance of everything you see here except the track and the steam locomotive in the background. I wish I had more custom decals. Ray Lora 2015.
Model Railroading on the Cheap 
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