Stored from September 1984. $3999 Save $6.96. Rock Island created some of these by rebuilding some standard cupola cabooses with windowed extensions applied to the sides of the cupola itself, but by far, the greatest number have the entire cupola compartment enlarged. Above Stored at Stockton, California, from August 1984; donated to, Carson City Railroad Club, Carson City, Nevada, 15 July 1986, delivered October 1989; displayed at Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Nevada; moved to Nevada State Railroad Museum at Boulder, Nevada. This Caboose may have been a Canadian market release and might not have been a regular 1910, Western Railway rebuilt into cabooses in 1943. Also available in the 1960s and found in TYCO's "Red Box" packaging is the Union Pacific 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. | Read more. The Feather River Rail Society holds one of North America's largest collections of archives, photos and artifacts dedicated to a Wabash Cannonball Caboose is a prototype or was a regular production model is not known, however it must be considered among Early cabooses were nothing more than flat cars with small cabins erected on them, or modified box cars. ", "Active Pass Caboose Vacation Rental Accommodation on Galiano Island, BC, Canada", "10 great places to stay at a vintage motel", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caboose&oldid=1148684891, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2016, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 17:49. Transfer cabooses are not to be confused with Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) cabooses, as their cabooses were fully functional. did have a white plastic piece that sat inside the shell to provide windows for their example. The 13878 was donated by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Feather River Rail Society. Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 7 November 1988. Roundhouse 85809 HO Western Pacific 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose # 722 $16.14 Was: $18.99 $11.70 shipping Roundhouse HO #1009 34' Drover Caboose Gorre & Daphetid #9 (3) $5.00 0 bids $10.95 shipping 6d 11h Roundhouse #3421 HO Built Old Timer Caboose-Santa Fe #96 w/box-VGC $8.99 $6.78 shipping roundhouse ho scale maintenance work car 206980 $25.00 Donated to Nevada County, Historical Society, Nevada City, California, February 1987. The above Roundhouse 11724 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 727. Displayed at California Railway Museum, Rio Vista Junction, California. More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for DRGW 01414, Built in September 1980 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. /* TYCO Brown Box 728x90 */ It sits there today and I've been a WP fan ever since WP 664 is one of approximately 100 cabooses which the Western Pacific built in-house from . Cabeese that were once owned by WP but later operated by SN are shown in this table under their SN number. This cabooses is a model Ce-1. on the underframe. Western Pacific: Product Reviews . street. Original No. Unknown Film Camera Likely an Argus C-44: Shot on Plus-X and Printed on Luminos RD #3 paper. The year's provided do represent when a Caboose appeared in a TYCO catalog Track3 of Jolly Goodfellow's Utah Depot site, article on it appeared in WP's All images are provided for personal reference purposes only. field in the early 1990s under IHC's name. CSX Transportation is one of the few Class 1 railroads that still maintains a fleet of modified cabooses for regular use. 40 years and 5 days ago." Click on the following links to see pictures related to the Western Pacific: WP 608 is an EMC built NW2. ". MTH #30-20951-1 SD70ACe Imperial Diesel & Caboose Set With Proto-Sound 3.0 - Western Pacific (UP Heritage) $429.99. SKU. The remaining three are in private collections. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Cedarburg, Wisconsin, among other places. This type afforded a better view of the side of the train and eliminated the falling hazard of the cupola. TYCO did produce locos in Gulf Mobile & Ohio (2-8-0 Consolidation and GP-20) there is no known TYCO GM&O Caboose. (No.327-19), Rock Island the back of a low-loader truck trailer. Cabooses of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from December 1985. Stored on ground, without trucks; at Pocatello, Idaho, from August 1984; sold for scrap to General Metals, March 1987. Related Products. Roundhouse 11723 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 724. Cabooses are non-revenue equipment and were often improvised or retained well beyond the normal lifetime of a freight car. Stencilled "SPECIAL CABOOSE". Though the shell does not go through any major changes during its life in the TYCO line, the TYCO catalog image, Illinois Central Gulf eBay auction image, Durango ). A 1982 Presidential Emergency Board convened under the Railway Labor Act directed United States railroads to begin eliminating caboose cars where possible to do so. The earliest known printed record of "caboose" used to describe the railcar appeared in 1859 in court records in conjunction with a lawsuit filed against the New York and Harlem Railway. This Western Pacific Caboose is the "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" style the former TYCO model. Finally, some are coupled to trains for special events, including historical tours. Contact | model is the white plastic window material. Southern Pacific Bay Window Caboose #4763, Central Railroad of New Jersey Caboose #9124, Illinois Central Railroad Caboose #199539, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Caboose #01483, Missouri Pacific Lake House Caboose #13332, Canadian National Wide Vision Caboose #476, Chicago & Northwestern Railway Caboose #10869, Minnesota Transfer #X-12 Bay Window Caboose, Chicago Burlington & Quincy NE-8 Wood Caboose #139, Grand Trunk Western Caboose #77956 AUCTION, Norfolk & Western Railroad Caboose #518524, Burlington Northern Caboose #12330 REDUCED, Pennsylvania Railroad N5E Caboose #477594 SOLD, Penn Central Transfer Caboose #18086 SOLD, Interstate Railroad X15 Wood Caboose SOLD, Chicago Burlington & Quincy Wood Caboose #14570 SO, Chicago Great Western Railroad Caboose #10507, Illinois Central Gulf Caboose #199491 SOLD, Manufactures Railway Transfer Caboose #512, Alton & Southern Transfer Caboose #7 REDUCED, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Caboose/Cabin S, Baltimore & Ohio Caboose #903757 REDUCED 10/29, Delaware & Hudson Railroad Caboose #35706 SOLD, Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad Caboose #167 SOLD, Pennsylvania Railroad/Conrail Caboose #23130 REDUC, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Caboose #3300 SOLD, Louisiana & North West Railroad Caboose #216 SOLD, Central Railroad of New Jersey Caboose #C-670 SOLD, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Wood Caboose SOLD, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Wood Caboose SOLD, Canadian National Wide Vision Caboose #78196 SOLD, Chesapeake & Ohio Wood Caboose #906630 SOLD, Pennsylvania Railroad Caboose #477619 SOLD, Kansas City Terminal Transfer Caboose #515, Manufactures Railway Transfer Caboose #514 SOLD, Pennsylvania Railroad N5b Caboose #477680 SOLD, Chesapeake & Ohio Wood Caboose #90885 SOLD, Baltimore & Ohio Wood Caboose #C-2225 SOLD, Pennsylvania Railroad N5C Caboose #477871 SOLD, Illinois Central Gulf Caboose #199351 SOLD, Pennsylvania Railroad N-8 Caboose #478031 SOLD, Belt Railway of Chicago Transfer Caboose SOLD, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Caboose # 3563 SOLD, Southern Railway Caboose #X337 REDUCED 11/15, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Wood Caboose SOLD. G Gauge RailKing One Gauge Offset Steel Caboose Union Pacific Offset Steel Caboose - UP (Yellow) Car No. More information HERE! Athearn N ATH12093 30' 3-Window Caboose Western Pacific WP #727 MODEL FEATURES: Fully assembled and ready for your layout Molded truss rods with turnbuckles (as appropriate) Clear window glazing Body-mounted McHenry knuckle spring couplers. Railroad Short Name: WP. The "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" Wabash Caboose appears to be of mid- Western Pacific (WP) 334 is an ALCo 2-8-2. May be located in Redwood Valley, California. Two cranes lifted the carbody onto TYCO catalog image, Clementine Fremont, CA 94536, Sunol Station[Map] TYCO catalog image, Illinois Central Gulf As detailed above, PEMCO produced a clone of the TYCO Streamline and the model carries the roadnumber 1654. She was sold to the Oregon & Northwestern Railroad and later purchased by Errol Spangler and placed on permanent loan to the Feather River Rail Society by Mr. Spangler. sold for scrap to David Joseph, Plymouth, Utah, 12 May 1989. We will add images as time allows and images are added to the collection. Donated to California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California, 3 July 1986, delivered in September 1986. House. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, March 1984; sold for scrap to General Metals, 17 April 1987. Mobile Home | Erie Railroad Caboose #N-3366. I deserve credit for my work. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho; sold, for scrap to General Metals, 15 January 1987. Items 1 - 35 of 385 Sort By The railroads also claimed a caboose was a dangerous place, as slack run-ins could hurl the crew from their places and even dislodge weighty equipment. Speaking of the Zephyr, the museum has many cars and artifacts of "The most talked about train in ushered in an entirely new era of Diesel Locomotive technology as it was the first turbocharged locomotive in America. Removed from service on 15 March 1986. The UP Caboose is solid yellow with red lettering the PEMCO Caboose, click on the image of the Santa Fe PEMCO Caboose and a new browser window will open with details and pictures The Pemco examples are marked PEMCO Hong Kong on the underframe, but often and 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). Taken from the Tower Bridge, looking down the Capitol Mall, Scan from a print. Note 1: Commonly referred to as the "Gould Standard" caboose design due to their similarity in general design with cabooses on other George Jay Gould owned railroads, in particular, the Denver and Rio Grande. A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. [7] The caboose provided the train crew with a shelter at the rear of the train. Western Pacific. Click on the pic for all the details. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); Both the 6 Kilkare Road this model was available in Union Pacific, Burlington Northern, and Amtrak dress. Camboose as a cook shack was in use in English at least by 1805, when it was used in a New York Chronicle article cited in the New English Dictionary describing a New England shipwreck, which reported that "[Survivor] William Duncan drifted aboard the canboose [sic]. People download photos off the Internet/Social Media platform and whatever is in the text does not stick to the photo. Even more odd, is TYCO's Wabash Cannonball Caboose. easily may be mistaken fora TYCO model. Flatcars and covered hoppers have been used for this purpose, but often the pushing platform is a caboose that has had its windows covered and welded shut and permanently locked doors. This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. Caboose is ex UP 3749. 28. (No.327-02), Soo Line WP 481-486 were very similar to the SP 4700-series C-50-9 cabooses, also built by Paccar (International Car). Add to Cart. 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. | Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. Distant dispatchers controlled switches, eliminating the need to manually throw switches after trains had passed. Located at a bed & breakfast inn in Healdon, Oklahoma. Privacy 4d 22h left +$9.00 shipping Sponsored HO Scale Overland Models Western Pacific Caboose (OMI-1116) Brass Pre-Owned $149.99 or Best Offer +$16.54 shipping Free returns 10 watchers Sponsored Athearn Roundhouse HO Scale Western Pacific Bicentennial Caboose #474 should be sent to me with a CC: to Roger. Particularly, it was built in Japan in 1962 and is used as an inspection car by the Philippine National Police.[17]. Donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, December 1984. Wreck damage. Fully restored by American Railcar in Marmaduke, Arkansas, and as of April 2016, is being used as the principal office for Main Street Paragould in Paragould, Arkansas. Product Description. the cupola design until the end of widespread caboose use. In most eastern railroad cabooses, the cupola was in the center of the car, but most western railroads preferred to put it toward the end of the car. Moving it cost almost as much as the purchase itself. At that time, WP had 59 cabooses, all of which were bay window cars. View Newsletters. (No.327-10), Rocky Mountain Line Sold for scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 27 February 1989. N scale models of a family of steel bay window caboose designs developed by International Car Company in the early 1950s. The windows set into these extended walls resemble architectural bay windows, so the caboose type is called a bay window caboose. Baggage/Mail cars converted in 1951-32 for high-speed "asparagus" and "cherry" train assignments due to their steel wheels. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, November 1985; sold for scrap to David Joseph, Plymouth, Utah, 12 May 1989 . '70s features the roadnumber 12568. held the other end in place, while a front-end loader set the second truck on the track and For example, TYCO produced a Chessie System example of the both Purchased by Bob Lindley, April 1994, 01414 is on permanent loan. Caboose is steel center cupola, Model CA-10. This Caboose was a Streamline Off-Center Cupola model and was sold in Canada in the mid This model was introduced by the International Car Company and saw service on most U.S. railroads. The stares of folks along the route is something I'll Always check the underframe of any odd looking model, but remember that underframe are inter-changable WP 447 and 465 were sold for scrap. Rebuilt in 1917 from B&L No. Shop with us today! Removed from service on 28 May 1987 at Stockton, California. Email: info@westerndepot.com. Locomotive Instructions. TYCO did always picture all rolling stock models in every year's catalog, so a model may have been Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, 8 June 1990 , scrapped. Vernon Car Co. Caboose is steel center cupola, Model CA-3. This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. As often is the case with TYCO, there is at leastone exception to the Railroads proposed the end-of-train device (EOT or ETD), commonly called a FRED (flashing rear-end device), as an alternative. Stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, from March 1985; sold for, scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 27 February 1989. The boxcar, originally built in 1916 and Later examples, beginning in the '70s, have all plastic railings. More information and pictures are added as WP668s story evolves. 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 . WP 428 was donated to the Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, and WP 437 was donated to the City Of Elko, Nevada. Sacramento Northern 1642 ex WP 648 was acquired by the SN in April of 1964 and retired in May of 1976. For longer trips, the caboose provided minimal living quarters, and was frequently personalized and decorated with pictures and posters. google_ad_height = 90; In April 1987, the on-ground storage program came to an end, and all cars awaiting heavy repairs at Pocatello were sold for scrap, most to General Metals of Tacoma, Washington. This cabooses is a model Ce-1. The crew sat in elevated seats to inspect the train from this perch. This Caboose is a center-cupola "New England" style model. (No.327-35), Penn Central A transfer caboose looks more like a flat car with a shed bolted to the middle of it than it does a standard caboose. All rights reserved. builder International Car Co. built May 1980. type Steel Bay Window. 91-43 (numbered 644-668) Contact | WP Equipment & Operations Western Pacific Equipment and Infrastructure - Rosters and Reference Photos This collection of images is a work in progress. Erected by Western Pacific Railroad Museum. Neither the Boom Tender, nor the Floodlight Car are represented here as both are found in catalogs pushed it under the caboose. A steel bay-window style caboose part of the first order of steel cabooses owned by the WP and built by the International Car Co. of Kenton, Ohio. Our Western Pacific 2001 Generally, the IHC Caboose models will carry Yugoslovia or Slovenia markings Cabooses were used on every freight train in the United States and Canada until the 1980s,[1] when safety laws requiring the presence of cabooses and full crews were relaxed. Stored on ground, without trucks; at Pocatello, Idaho, from, September 1986; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. Items 1 - 35 of 99 Sort By of 327-03. Donated by Union Pacific to the FRRS. Check . It became Stockton Terminal & Eastern 1001, went to WP in 1968 becoming WP 608. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Sold in 1959 and used as a Coffee TYCO's "Midnight Special" They were often found on stock trains originating in Montana. the most rare of TYCO pieces to surface among collectors. Possibly scrapped. Sold on 13 July 1989; possibly to Nucor Steel, Plymouth, Utah, for scrapping. 664. Also borrowing the Bobber Caboose shell is On trains not fitted with continuous brakes, brake vans provided a supplementary braking system, and they helped keep chain couplings taut. Donated to Elm Creek School, Elm Creek, Nebraska, September 1989, not delivered until after, November 1990. caboose from the Purdy Co. scrap yard in Lincoln, CA, and moved it to our yard in (No.327-14) Painted UP yellow, June 1984; displayed in Muskogee, Oklahoma; moved to Shiloh Ranch in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, still there as of October 16, 2016. THE WESTERN PACIFIC Headlight is the Feather River Rail Society's journal of WP history and includes articles of interest for modelers and those wishing to know more of the historical aspects of the Western Pacific and subsidiary roads. ; (No.327-01), The Royal Blue Eugene replied, "Yup, and she was also the engine that switched the "Mini-Zephyr" train in and out of the WP RR Museum in Portola, CA on October 30 and November 1, 2009. In 1987, these 19 former WP cabooses were among the 900+ Box 167 | Kirbyville, MO 65679 417-336-2401salesInfo@ozarkmountainrailcar.com. Wood, outside braced, cupola; Corner of 5, Wood, O.B., cupola, ex-boxcar 15458, ex-WP 623, Carmichael CA in March, 1977, when I was 12. Eighteenth century French naval records also make reference to a cambose or camboose, which described both the food preparation cabin on a ship's main deck and its stove. In the UK, brake vans are usually of this basic design: the bay window is known as a lookout or ducket. Stored at Stockton, California, from August 1984. Cattle Company, UP paint scheme, Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. Please join theWP668 Western Pacific CabooseFacebook group. Above is thethird TYCOIllinois Central GulfCaboose. We also have one of the largest collections of cabooses in the country, and we invite you to ride a few of them to experience for yourself what it's This orange roofICG Caboose differences from their TYCO counterparts. Bay window caboose: Display; C30-6 type; Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, CA 1889 Bay Window Caboose Restoration completed 9/16/16, static display at SLORRM, San Luis Obispo, CA Page last updated: Saturday April 22, 2023 10:04 PDT. Sold. WESTERN PACIFIC CABOOSE #754 Built: 1910 by Haskell and Barker Donated: 1956 by Western Pacific On passenger trains, the porters, bartenders, cooks, waiters, stewards, and other crew member often shared tiny compartments in the ends of the passenger cars as they traveled on long runs. ATSF conductors could refuse to be assigned to a train if they did not have their cabooses turned to face the way they preferred. like to be a freight Conductor! Includes Rail King and Premier Cabooses MTH 30-77092 Pittsburgh & West Virginia (P&WV) Woodsided Caboose - Used. Print 1001.1.4. 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. (No.327-04) that comes with the Crane features the shell for the Bobber Caboose. Located in Monroe, Louisiana. Both of TYCO's Caboose models have returned since the company left the HO-scale model train fire completely destroyed this caboose.
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