Caboose 4014 lettering complete

A photo of a completed 4014 outside this past Saturday afternoon at Thomaston Shop. This former Central Vermont caboose was originally built in 1925, and retired in 1972 when it was purchased by the Steamtown Foundation in Vermont. In 1987 the caboose was purchased privately and moved to several museums around the New England region before it eventually found a home at the Railroad Museum of New England and the Naugatuck Railroad. Photo courtesy Al Pomeroy.

Continued repainting of Central Vermont caboose 4014

RMNE Volunteer Al Pomeroy pauses while hand-painting the intricate Central Vermont "Maple Leaf" logo on the side of restored caboose 4014 (the CV was a subsidiary of Canadian National Railways, hence the maple leaf design). Stewart Crouse works on painting the complicated end handrails and hand brake mechanism; there are a lot of square feet to cover here! Photos from inside Thomaston Shop on Sunday November 6, 2011. Photos by Howard Pincus

CV 4104 caboose painting continues

RMNE Volunteer Al Pomeroy pauses while hand-painting the intricate Central Vermont "Maple Leaf" logo on the side of restored caboose 4104 (the CV was a subsidiary of Canadian National Railways, hence the maple leaf design). Stewart Crouse works on painting the complicated end handrails and hand brake mechanism; there are a lot of square feet to cover here! Photos from inside Thomaston Shop on Sunday November 6, 2011. Photos by Howard Pincus