6119 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western

Production:  1955 - 1966

History
The 6119 D.L. & W. (Delaware, Lackawanna & Western) work caboose marked the introduction of a significantly scaled down version of Lionel's premium work caboose. This new work caboose style allowed Lionel to save money by using less expensive materials, yet keeping the same theme of a work caboose.

Originally introduced in 1955, Lionel produced several different color variations of the 6119. For each new variation, Lionel included a suffix to the stock number to differentiate the newer version from a prior version.

Features
The 6119 work caboose generally had the same features between all versions. The following is a summary of each caboose with its appropriate suffix, features and years of production:

• 6119 - Unpainted red caboose and tray with white lettering, black painted frame with white lettering, four corner footsteps, bar-end trucks with a single operating coupler plus a short plastic smokestack. This version was available in 1955 and 1956.
• 6119-25 - Unpainted orange caboose and tray with black lettering, orange painted frame with black lettering, bar-end trucks with a single operating coupler plus a short plastic smokestack. This was only available in 1956.
• 6119-50 - Unpainted brown caboose and tray with white lettering, brown painted frame with white lettering, four corner footsteps, bar-end trucks with a single operating coupler plus a short plastic smokestack. This was only available in 1956.
• 6119-75 - Unpainted gray caboose and tray with black lettering, gray painted frame with black lettering, four corner footsteps, bar-end trucks with a single operating coupler plus a short plastic smokestack. This was only available in 1957.
• 6119-100 - Unpainted red caboose with white lettering, unpainted gray tray, unpainted black painted frame with white lettering, four corner footsteps plus a short plastic smokestack. It was produced with bar-end trucks in 1957 and AAR trucks thereafter, always with a single operating coupler. This was the longest running -- and most common version -- as it first manufactured in 1957 and remained in the product line through 1969.
• 6119-125 - Unpainted olive green caboose and tray with white 'Rescue Unit' lettering, olive painted frame with white lettering, four corner footsteps, AAR trucks with a single coupler plus a short plastic smokestack. This was only available in 1964.

Additional Detail, Photos & Box Information
A very common problem with all 6119 cabooses is with the footsteps. Quite frequently the corner footsteps are either broken off or the paint has flaked off of the frame. Locating a 6119 work caboose with intact steps and paint is difficult.

The length of this caboose is approximately 8 1/2" long (coupler to end).

6119 - Shown in first photo above - A somewhat common caboose.

6119-25 (Second photo above) - Not readily available, hard to find in collectable condition.

6119-50 (Third photo above) - Not readily available, hard to find in collectable condition.

6119-75 (Fourth photo above) - Not readily available, hard to find in collectable condition.

6119-100 - (Fifth photo above) - By far, the most common version of all 6119 cabooses, usually found with AAR trucks.

6119-125 - The most difficult 6119 caboose to locate, truly a rare caboose.

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