Employed as "shoving platforms" at the rear of local freight trains which must perform long reverse moves or heavy switching, these are generally rebuilt bay-window cabooses with their cabin doors welded shut (leaving their crews to work from the rear platform). Apparently from the late 1970s, TYCO produced a Western Pacific Caboose that closely matches the scheme Roundhouse 11723 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 724. The conductor kept records and handled business from a table or desk in the caboose. Moving it cost almost as much as the purchase itself. or sold for scrap (42 cars). Air conditioned coaches converted for high-speed asparagus and cherry train assignments due to their steel wheels. on the underframe. Wreck damage. With the distinctive "Desert Tenders", these "Big Mikes" operated primarily between Portola and Elko. Caboose was donated by John Ford and Steve Rodgerson in 1991.More information HERE! These were the first steel cabooses built for the WP. Questions, corrections, and additions are welcome!Please send email to: katy dot dickinson at gmail dot com. The caboose was then lowered onto the truck and pushed up Above The wine glasses didn't even tremble." All others were built on steel under frames. Stored on ground, without, trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from August 1984. Purchased by Errol Spangler, the 999197 is on permanent loan to the Feather River Rail Society. Missouri Pacific Caboose #1238 . "[4] As the first railroad cabooses were wooden shanties erected on flat cars as early as the 1830s,[5] they would have resembled the cook shack on a ship's deck. Cabooses are non-revenue equipment and were often improvised or retained well beyond the normal lifetime of a freight car. Box 167 | Kirbyville, MO 65679 417-336-2401salesInfo@ozarkmountainrailcar.com. WP 481-486 were very similar to the SP 4700-series C-50-9 cabooses, also built by Paccar (International Car). This cabooses is a model Ce-1. Nickel Plate Road Caboose #466 . ICGCaboose features an orange roofline. as V&T 51, wood, bay window; Virginia & Truckee ", Eugene continued, "I should note that the passengers were having dinner and the engineer on 608 was so gentle that no one was even aware we had been coupled on to and were moving. engine, Owned by the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, Steel, bay window, no markings; Olney Land & The remaining three are in private collections. On longer livestock trains in the American West, the drover's caboose is where the livestock's handlers would ride between the ranch and processing plant. 91-43 (numbered 644-668) For longer trips, the caboose provided minimal living quarters, and was frequently personalized and decorated with pictures and posters. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from March 1985; sold for scrap to, Aaron Ferer and Sons, January 1989. The Atlas chassis and details need to be cut down to fit as they are too long as delivered. The invention of the cupola caboose is generally attributed to T. B. Watson, a freight conductor on the Chicago and North Western Railway. [12] Very few cabooses remain in operation today, though they are still used for some local trains where it is convenient to have a brakeman at the end of the train to operate switches, on long reverse movements, and are also used on trains carrying hazardous materials. 1, retired November 5, 1937. Neither the Boom Tender, nor the Floodlight Car are represented here as both are found in catalogs it would be an early 1970s item. Erected by Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho. $3099 Save $6. Apparently from the late 1970s, TYCO produced a Western Pacific Caboose that closely matches the scheme used for the 1979 Western Pacific GP-20 model. Found in some train sets featuring the Virginian Century 430 Donated to Inland Empire Railway Historical Society, Spokane, Washington, 22 August 1989. The train crew rode in the caboose section while the livestock handlers rode in the coach section. Two latter-day caboose colors were Burlington Northern "cascade green" and Conrail blue. The bay window gained favor with many railroads because it eliminated the need for additional clearances in tunnels and overpasses. above statement. By May 1986, of the 40 remaining WP cars, 20 were still in service, including WP 429, 431, 435, 442, 443, 446, 448, 451, 453, 459, 460, 462, 471, 480, 481, Whether this TYCO any Wabash locos during the "Brown Box" Era. (No.327-S), Pennsylvania Stencilled "SPECIAL CABOOSE". Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. To add some confusion, IHC did offer a red Chattanooga Caboose in recent years that many might mistake All Rights Reserved. Note that the 708-713 and 716-721 built by WP were built on wood under frames. (No.327-15) Also, caboose motels have appeared, with the old cars being used as cabins. Based on the cars' characteristics, they were assigned UP caboose classes CA-14 through CA-18. the PEMCO Caboose, click on the image of the Santa Fe PEMCO Caboose and a new browser window will open with details and pictures Privacy Early cabooses were nothing more than flat cars with small cabins erected on them, or modified box cars. . When the Amtrak powered 3 car CZ came into Portola, WP 805-A was waiting in Portola Yard along with 608, which was fired up and used as the terminal switcher to bring the train into the museum yard. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, March 1985. It was previously at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum, San Francisco. Now a part of The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad and archives that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. Also, there always remember. Western Pacific (WP) and Sacramento Northern (SN) outside braced wood bay window caboose in N Scale. (No.327-22), Silver Streak As detailed above, PEMCO produced a clone of the TYCO Streamline caboose that I can use, please let me know. Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, July 1985; sold for scrap to General Metals, 9 October 1986. Sold for scrap to General Metals, 5 June 1987. Wreck damage. [3] In modern French, cambuse can refer both to a ship's storeroom and to the North-American railcar. Displayed at California Railway Museum, Rio Vista Junction, California. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. Add to Wish list. This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. This is thesecond and most common of the TYCO Chattanooga Caboose models. Baggage/Mail cars converted in 1951-32 for high-speed "asparagus" and "cherry" train assignments due to their steel wheels. Above is thethird TYCOIllinois Central GulfCaboose. Other uses for the caboose include "special" trains, where the train is involved in some sort of railway maintenance; as part of survey trains that inspect remote rail lines after natural disasters to check for damage;[citation needed] or in protecting the movement of nuclear material within the United States. Also borrowing the Bobber Caboose shell is Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, November 1985. (No.327-45) Mileposts, Across from Police Station, with WP 727 GP7 diesel 37029 Mission Blvd. Stored at Rupert, Idaho, from November 1985. differences from their TYCO counterparts. Donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, December 1984. as "Action Cars and Accessories" and not amongst rolling stock and never listed asjust a "Caboose" model. [14] Others have been modified for use in research roles to investigate complaints from residents or business owners regarding trains in certain locations. In the '60s and before, TYCO did have a small 4-wheel Bobber Caboose. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Donated to Nevada County, Historical Society, Nevada City, California, February 1987. These were the only WP cars to receive yellow paint. TYCO did always picture all rolling stock models in every year's catalog, so a model may have been (Click on the thumbnail to see a full size image. (No.) Shark and Caboose used a paint scheme similar to one used by the Wabash for its early diesel locos. (No.327-H) held the other end in place, while a front-end loader set the second truck on the track and Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Creek Road, MOW, ex-799; Built from boxcar, Nevada State (No.327-30), Golden Eagle 1910, Western Railway Copyright and all reproduction rights are retained by the original photographer or collection owner. Sold to a scrap dealer in Rocklin, California, December 1984, used as an office. street. The Pemco examples are marked PEMCO Hong Kong on the underframe, but often and This practice of not producing a matching caboose for a loco is typical of many model railroading manufacturers and not just This is the first Illinois WP's steel bay window caboose purchases were as follows: (Read more about International Car Corporation), In June 1984, UP painted seven WP cabooses (WP 431, 437, 438, 449, 459, 463, 478) to UP's yellow paint scheme, keeping the WP numbers, but applying the new UP classes. Add to Cart. Marker is at or near this postal address: 700 Western Pacific Way, Portola CA 96122, United States of America. caboose was lifted by crane off the trailer and rested on its truck. Includes Rail King and Premier Cabooses MTH 30-77092 Pittsburgh & West Virginia (P&WV) Woodsided Caboose - Used. Mighty "Centennial", a Union Pacific DDA40X locomotive, the largest diesel locomotive ever built at over 98 feet long! Regular price $64.95 Donated to, Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, May 1989, delivered on 1 September 1989. and was originally ATSF 507. Based on the cars' characteristics, they were assigned UP caboose classes CA-14 through CA-18. Burlington Northern SN number. Track3 of Jolly Goodfellow's Utah Depot site, article on it appeared in WP's This cabooses is a model Ce-1. (No.327-03) Note 2: These composite (steel and wood) cabooses were converted from 15001 - 16000 series outside braced Pullman Standard boxcars. $3999 Save $6.96. Other nearby markers. The Feather River Rail Society holds one of North America's largest collections of archives, photos and artifacts dedicated to a A transfer caboose looks more like a flat car with a shed bolted to the middle of it than it does a standard caboose. cars stored on the ground at Pocatello, without their trucks, in a unique program meant to save space while awaiting their turn through Pocatello's heavy repair car shops. Better-designed cars avoided problems with the loads helped as well. google_ad_client = "pub-0037092568848938"; IHC (International Hobby Corp.) is the current owner of certain molds for Shop with us today! MTH 30-77301 Chicago North Western Caboose 11006. for a TYCO offering. Canadian National info@wplives.org, Copyright 2023 Feather River Rail Society. (H). Located at a museum in Cherokee, California. Stored on ground, without truck, at Pocatello, Idaho, from September 1984; sold for scrap to General Metals, 16 January 1987. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? WP 447 and 465 were sold for scrap. Stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, from December 1986; sold, for scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 25 February 1989. The WP cars also had battery boxes. Lettering and paint match the first TYCO model. Only 1 left . _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho; sold, for scrap to General Metals, 15 January 1987. 1650 Sierra Avenue Suite 203. //-->. The machines also have blinking red lights to warn following trains that a train is ahead. Always check the underframe of any odd looking model, but remember that underframe are inter-changable (No.327-04) In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose, the sides of the cupola project beyond the side of the car body. acquisition donated by Union Pacific. Wood, outside braced, cupola; Corner of 5, Wood, O.B., cupola, ex-boxcar 15458, ex-WP 623, In 1987, these 19 former WP cabooses were among the 900+