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| Last updated on January 12, 2021
Pennsylvania RR's class N5c caboose has been popular with model railroaders of all scales for decades
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According to the PRRT&HS, three N5Cs were modified for passenger train service. Train lines and steam lines were added, the air brakes adjusted for passenger braking, and they were renumbered 5020, 5033 & 5034. As best as I can ascertain, only the New Haven and Pennsy had such creatures. The New York Central, also a heavy mail & express carrier, preferred to convert old coaches, plus a few cabooses and boxcars, into crew rider coaches. The converted coaches had their center windows blanked, and the cabooses had their cupolas removed. The PRR cabin cars, which operated system wide, could be found as far east as Boston and Springfield, Mass. on the New Haven, while the New Haven’s hacks could be found as far south as Washington, D.C. and as far west as Pittsburgh, Pa. on the PRR.