Pennsylvania Railroad N5/N5b Project Information

Kohs N5 Cabin Car
(Kohs & Company N5 w/cp Version #11 production model)

The Pennsylvania Railroad N5 class of cabin car was the largest single group of cabooses that the PRR had in service and they served longer than any other class as well. We will model the basic 'as built' N5, the N5 w/collision posts as well as the N5b and the N5b with radio antenna. A variety of period paint schemes will be offered and the detailing will correspond to the service period modeled. Our N5/N5b project will be built to the same standard as our highly sought after N5c cabin cars and will be improved with the lessons learned in producing that project. Listed below are the basic features you can expect with a Kohs N5/N5b cabin car as well as the list of versions with graphics illustration links so you can see what the actual graphics arrangement will look like on the model of your choice.
(Kohs & Company N5b Version #13 production model)
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MODEL FEATURES

  • Complete Version Specific Interior Detail w/ Removable Roof
  • Fully Detailed and Sprung Trucks w/ Ball-Bearing Journals
  • Antenna & Non-antenna versions
  • Scale Operating Couplers
  • Prototypical Draft-Gear Pocket - Kadee compatible
  • Opening Battery/Tool Compartment where appropriate
  • Opening Cupola Windows
  • Complete Underbody Detail
  • Real Wood Floors and End Platform Decks
  • Regulated Interior and Exterior Lighting
  • Punched Rivet Exterior Detail
  • Real Glass Window Glazing
  • Opening End Doors
  • Articulating Cupola Wind Wings

MODEL VERSIONS

(click on version number to view graphics arrangement)

Version
Service Period
Type
Carbody Color
Roof Color
Cupola Color
Interior*
Antenna
Roof Walks
Truck
Graphics
Handrail Color
1920's
N5
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1
No
Wood
2A-F1
Pennsylvania
Freight Car Red
1920's
N5
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1
No
Wood
2A-F1
Cumberland Valley
Freight Car Red
1/27 thru 2/42
N5
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1
No
Wood
2A-F1
Pennsylvania
Freight Car Red
1/27 thru 2/42
N5 - Express
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1E
No
Wood
2A-F1
Penn - Express
Freight Car Red
2/42 thru 1/49
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1
No
Wood
2A-F4
Pennsylvania
Freight Car Red
10/42 thru WWII
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1
No
Wood
2A-F5
Pennsylvania – War Bonds
Freight Car Red
2/42 thru 1/49
N5 w/cp - Express
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1E
No
Wood
2A-F4
Penn – Express
Freight Car Red
10/42 thru WWII
N5 w/cp - Express
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
1E
No
Wood
2A-F5
Penn - Exp - War Bonds
Freight Car Red
1/49 thru 12/55
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1M-A
Yes
Wood
2A-F4
Pennsylvania
Yellow
1/49 thru 12/55
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1M
No
Wood
2A-F4
Pennsylvania
Yellow
12/55 thru 8/60
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1M-A
Yes
Wood
2A-F4
Shadow Keystone
Yellow
12/55 thru 8/60
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1M
No
Wood
2A-F4
Shadow Keystone
Yellow
12/55 thru 8/60
N5 w/cp - Express
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1M-E
No
Wood
2A-F5
Shadow Keystone - Express
Yellow
12/61 thru 12/66
N5 w/cp
Yellow
Black
Black
1M
No
Wood
2A-F4
PRR - MOW
Black
4/41 thru 12/43
N5b
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
2
No
Metal
2A-F4
Futura
Freight Car Red
2/42 thru 1/49
N5b
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
2A
Yes
Metal
2A-F5
Pennsylvania
Freight Car Red
2/42 thru 1/49
N5b
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
2
No
Metal
2A-F5
Pennsylvania
Freight Car Red
1/49 thru 12/55
N5b
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
2A
Yes
Metal
2A-F5
Pennsylvania
Yellow
1/49 thru 12/55
N5b
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
2
No
Metal
2A-F5
Pennsylvania
Yellow
10/42 thru WWII
N5b
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
Freight Car Red
2
No
Metal
2A-F5
Pennsylvania – War Bonds
Freight Car Red
12/55 thru 8/60
N5b
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
2A
Yes
Metal
2A-F5
Shadow Keystone
Yellow
12/55 thru 8/60
N5b
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
2
No
Metal
2A-F5
Shadow Keystone
Yellow
11/61
N5b
Freight Car Red
Black
Yellow
2A
Yes
Metal
2A-F5
Shadow Keystone
Yellow
1/61
N5 w/cp
Freight Car Red
Black
Black
1
No
Wood
2A-F4
PRSL
Yellow

*Interior Note: Type #1 interior is the standard N5 arrangement with wood detailing, #1M is the standard N5 wood sheathed interior walls with the N5b interior arrangement, #1M-A includes radio equipment. Type #2 is the standard N5b interior, #2A includes radio equipment. #1M-E and #2E denotes the interior heating coils required for the Express version interior.

 

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