yup! I completely over look putting them on my box cabs! Thank God they are simple thing to add, I would love to see a switch crew pole a car into it's spur!
I'm still trying to find the pic of the very first box cab! I found it a while back it was built like around 1905 or close to it used a 6 wheel passenger truck and the cab was wood! it was built by some little railroad, oddly enought the lil locomotive was destroyed in a shop fire!
I read some where it was in service for one year, then it was caught up in the shop fire. It didn't pull more than 2 cars at a time anyways. still for a 1903 loco of a new design still neat! Nothing more than a gas motor, passenger truck, and a dog house to cover it all built in house. Makes you look at your rolling stock more wondering what else could it be used for?
That is one sweet looking little engine sir. Not only are your skills to admire, I can also understand why your so fond of it. If I saw that on a shelf in a store it would be in my hands.