Donated to, Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, May 1989, delivered on 1 September 1989. (No.327-02), Soo Line Donated to Inland Empire Railway Historical Society, Spokane, Washington, 22 August 1989. (No.327-01), The Royal Blue Other nearby markers. Caboose is slated to be cleaned up and placed into the Caboose train.More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for UP 25732, Built in November-1955 as WP 36102. The WPRM has over 100 pieces of rolling stock alone in our collection for our visitors to enjoy. Stored at Council Bluffs, Iowa, from March 1985; sold for, scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 27 February 1989. 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 . Southern Pacific Depot, 1st & Main. Three cars (WP 454, 474, 477) were retired in early 1986, leaving 40 former WP cabooses on UP's roster. pushed it under the caboose. The Western Depot. time the correct ICG logo is found on the model. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from March 1985; sold for scrap to, Aaron Ferer and Sons, January 1989. I recommend the Atlas 458011-2 chassis and 458040-2 chassis details. Cabooses formerly of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Desktop Home | Though the shell does not go through any major changes during its life in the TYCO line, the TYCO's "Midnight Special" New diesel locomotives had large cabs that could house entire crews. $3099 Save $6. (No.327-23) Sold on 2 May 1989. and was not listed among any TYCO catalogs. Privacy (No.327-45) actual regular production run release. Built by Paccar (International Car Corp.) in March 1980. Based on the cars' characteristics, they were assigned UP caboose classes CA-14 through CA-18. Western Pacific Railway was controlled by Union Pacific after December 22, 1982. and give a general timeframe for reference regarding availability. WP 426-460 (35 cars), built in 1955 by International Car Corp. WP 461-465 (5 cars), built in 1969 by International Car Corp. WP 466-475 (10 cars), built in 1973 by International Car Corp. WP 476-480 (5 cars), built in 1974 by International Car Corp. WP 481-486 (6 cars), built in 1980 by International Car Corp. Erie Railroad Caboose #N-3366. This practice of not producing a matching caboose for a loco is typical of many model railroading manufacturers and not just of 327-03. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; May be located in Redwood Valley, California. too. The standard form of the American caboose had a platform at either end with curved grab rails to facilitate train crew members' ascent onto a moving train. The use of drover's cars on the Northern Pacific Railway, for example, lasted until the Burlington Northern Railroad merger of 1970. Mobile Home | It became Stockton Terminal & Eastern 1001, went to WP in 1968 becoming WP 608. CN -Via (not pictured) Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. as CCT 19, H&B blt. Contact | Railroads proposed the end-of-train device (EOT or ETD), commonly called a FRED (flashing rear-end device), as an alternative. Note 2: These composite (steel and wood) cabooses were converted from 15001 - 16000 series outside braced Pullman Standard boxcars. Stored on ground, without trucks; at Pocatello, Idaho, from, March 1986; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. Stored at Stockton, California, from March 1985; sold for, scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 30 June 1989. All others had either been donated for preservation (12 cars) Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from February 1984. Compare. Read more. Virginian All images are provided for personal reference purposes only. TCP-073 Western Pacific New Orange TCP-074 Western Pacific Green TCP-075 Pennsylvania Brunswick Green TCP-076 Rust TCP-077 Silver TCP-078 Railway Express Agency (REA) Green . | Sold on 31 July 1989. Stored on ground, without, trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from August 1984. 664. Privacy They also inspected the train for problems such as shifting loads, broken or dragging equipment, and hot boxes (overheated axle bearings, a serious fire and derailment threat). My gosh. Built by the Western Pacific from a boxcar in 1937.More information HERE! Many other roads operated this type, including the Southern Pacific Railroad, St. Louis San Francisco Railway, Katy Railroad, Kansas City Southern Railway, the Southern Railway, and the New York Central Railroad. Sold to Aaron Ferer and Sons, Omaha, Nebraska, January 1989, scrapped June 1989. catalog item in the U.S. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); The Western Pacific Railroad Museum is responsible for working artifacts ranging from small items like lanterns and signals to full size 37029 Mission Blvd. The form of cabooses varied over the years, with changes made both to reflect differences in service and improvements in design. Located at a bed & breakfast inn in Healdon, Oklahoma. More . Steve Sloan's Trains : UP : Western Pacific, WP 913 leads the day's first run of the Polar Express holiday train. The third TYCO Above 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. I have seen more than just this one, so it is not a one of a kind. More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for DRGW 01414, Built in September 1980 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This article is about a car used in North America. In the UK, brake vans are usually of this basic design: the bay window is known as a lookout or ducket. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. info@wplives.org, Copyright 2023 Feather River Rail Society. /* TYCO Brown Box 728x90 */ owned by the Pacific Locomotive Association, WP F-unit 918D surprised us by also coming eastbound on the Niles Canyon Railway, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Sunol, CA 94586. [10] An ETD could be attached to the rear of the train to detect the train's air brake pressure and report any problems to the locomotive by telemetry. Found in some train sets featuring the Virginian Century 430 It sits there today and I've been a WP fan The purpose of a drover's caboose was much more like a combine, as well. Older freight cars had plain bearings with hotboxes for crews to spot overheating as freight cars replaced these with roller bearings, there was also less need for cabooses to monitor them. ", 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. Sacramento Northern 1642 ex WP 648 was acquired by the SN in April of 1964 and retired in May of 1976. builder International Car Co. built May 1980. type Steel Bay Window. engine, Owned by the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, Steel, bay window, no markings; Olney Land & Canadian National (Click on the thumbnail to see a full size image. The addition of the cupola, a lookout post atop the car, was introduced in 1863.[9]. logo, but letters the Caboose for ICGproviding the model with an identity crisis of sorts. it would be an early 1970s item. [13] Milwaukee Road rib-side bay window cabooses are preserved at New Lisbon, Wisconsin, the Illinois Railway Museum, the Mt. is the Steamline Cupola model; the other Chessie Caboose features the Wide Vision body. 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. Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, October 1985; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. Possibly sold to Purdy Metals, Mojave, California, for scrapping. [7] The caboose provided the train crew with a shelter at the rear of the train. Several railroad museums roster large numbers of cabooses, including the Illinois Railway Museum with 19 examples and the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California, with 17. This caboose is part of the Caboose train that runs every weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day and Santa Trains in December.More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for MP 13878. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from March 1984; sold for scrap to, Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, 4 April 1990. 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). Baltimore & Ohio The stares of folks along the route is something I'll 550 to the WP on December 29, 1924, overhauled in 1925 becoming WP 402. Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. 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. above statement. It was already in use in U.S. naval terminology by the 1797 construction of the USS Constitution, whose wood-burning food preparation stove is known as the camboose. The collection is held by two departments of the FRRS. the back of a low-loader truck trailer. Cafe/coaches converted for high-speed asparagus and cherry train assignments due to their steel wheels. This Caboose was a Streamline Off-Center Cupola model and was sold in Canada in the mid Arriving in 1979 with the introduction of the Clementine train set and steam engine is This type afforded a better view of the side of the train and eliminated the falling hazard of the cupola. 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 Niles Station[Map] Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from December 1985. Transfer cabooses are not to be confused with Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) cabooses, as their cabooses were fully functional. The Historical/Archive Department manages paperwork, photographs and other archive material. Cattle Company, UP paint scheme, Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Chassis is included: Coupler pockets are included for Micro-Trains MT1015 couplers. 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. 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. (No.327-60), Spirit of '76 Roundhouse 11723 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 724. Choo-Choo train set (No.7425) from around 1990. 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. Built in October 1915 by the Norfolk & Western Ry and numbered as N&W 18121, a later re-number had her as N&W 518121. caboose from the Purdy Co. scrap yard in Lincoln, CA, and moved it to our yard in From Camboose may have entered English through American sailors who had come into contact with their French allies during the American Revolution. Caboose is steel center cupola, Model CA-10. New N scale Bay Window Cabooses! On trains not fitted with continuous brakes, brake vans provided a supplementary braking system, and they helped keep chain couplings taut. windows other than on the bays. (Belvedere [Illinois] Daily News, January 11, 1964) 1967 Union Pacific received 100 CA-9 cupola cabooses built by International Car, numbered as UP 25600-25699. a conductor's window, while the SP cars had no side View Newsletters. A similar railroad car, the brake van, was used on British and Commonwealth railways (the role has since been replaced by the crew car in Australia). Two latter-day caboose colors were Burlington Northern "cascade green" and Conrail blue. noteworthy. If you scan an analog photo of mine, or if you share a digital photo I took that does not have my photo credit, add something like "Photo by Steve Sloan" directly onto the image. These were the only WP cars to receive yellow paint. Neither the Boom Tender, nor the Floodlight Car are represented here as both are found in catalogs Erie Railroad Caboose #N-3366 . Removed from service on 28 May 1987 at Stockton, California. (No.327-14) |, Operated by the Feather River Rail Society, a California 501(c)3 Non Profit Organization, 700 Western Pacific Way, P.O. Read more. 1971-1993 carrying the 327 stock number. 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. eBay auction image, General Purpose This caboose is part of the Caboose train that runs every weekend between Memorial Day and Labor Day and Santa Trains in December./caboosepages/wp428.htmlAudio Tour Page for WP 428, Built in May 1980 by International Car Co., Kenton OH. Built by the Western Pacific from a boxcar in 1943.More information HERE! Painted yellow, June 1984. This Purchased by Errol Spangler, the 999197 is on permanent loan to the Feather River Rail Society. This model does not include a chassis or trucks. The remaining three are in private collections. Wreck damage. Stored at Stockton, California, from August 1984. Moving it cost almost as much as the purchase itself. Drover's cabooses used either cupolas or bay windows in the caboose section for the train crew to monitor the train. operating weight 49,500 lbs. 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, Donated by Union Pacific. More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for CCT 24, Built June-1941. This created a unique look for their small fleet. Now rare, the old stoves can be identified by several essential features. (No.327-H) Sold to a scrap dealer in Rocklin, California, December 1984, used as an office. Over the years the design of the bay windows evolved and Bluford Shops is presenting four phases of these designs plus the iconic half-bay window edition. Always check the underframe of any odd looking model, but remember that underframe are inter-changable Central Gulf Caboose from TYCO, the next version featuredthe correct ICG logo. Flinders, and an. It was previously at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum, San Francisco. Prior to arrival, the track was laid, as well as an extension out into the Rebuilt in 1917 from B&L No. Railroad Short Name: WP. fire completely destroyed this caboose. Located at a museum in Cherokee, California. Wreck damage. the PEMCO Caboose, click on the image of the Santa Fe PEMCO Caboose and a new browser window will open with details and pictures These lights were officially what made a train a "train",[8] and were originally lit with oil lamps. 426-460. Donated to Nevada County, Historical Society, Nevada City, California, February 1987. Also available in the 1960s and found in TYCO's "Red Box" packaging is the Union Pacific (WP 429 was reported in August 1984 as having been painted yellow; a description from the car's current owner in Oklahoma states that the car, when purchased, was painted red with a white roof.) Stored at Stockton, California, from June 1988. Restaurant. same shell most familiar as a Life-Like offering. Sold in 1959 and used as a Coffee This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. My parents bought this caboose from the Purdy Co. scrap yard in Lincoln, CA, and moved it to our yard in Carmichael CA in March, 1977, when I was 12. The TYCO Boom Tender This big, yellow bay window caboose was built in January 1956, part of a group of 35 constructed by the International Railway Car Company of Canton, Ohio, between November 1955 and February 1956 for the Western Pacific Railroad as Nos. Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens. Wabash Cannonball A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Later examples, beginning in the '70s, have all plastic railings. This collection of images is a work in progress. sold for scrap to David Joseph, Plymouth, Utah, 12 May 1989. Painted yellow, June 1984. Those last six cabooses built for WP in 1980 were almost identical to an oreder for SP C-50-9 cabooses, numbered as SP 4700-4774, also built by Paccar in 1980 as SP's last cabooses. Also, caboose motels have appeared, with the old cars being used as cabins. The Kansas City Southern Railway was unique in that it bought cabooses with a stainless steel car body, and so was not obliged to paint them. It's not enough to say "Photo by Steve Sloan" in the text caption. google_ad_height = 90; (No.327-30), Golden Eagle This model has no known TYCO catalog appearances, it may be a prototype model and not an With the advent of electricity, later caboose versions incorporated an electrical generator driven by belts coupled to one of the axles, which charged a lead-acid storage battery when the train was in motion. The Western Pacific 805-A is the "Belle" of Stored at Rupert, Idaho, from November 1985. Wabash Cannonball Caboose is a prototype or was a regular production model is not known, however it must be considered among 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. 6 Kilkare Road 10, rebuilt by WP in 1917, Original WP Nos. Displayed with WP GP9 727. Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. Museum. One was scrapped after an accident in Kentucky. The '80s Johnson Wax promotional train set included a red Johnson Wax Caboose that appears to be the Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, 8 June 1990 , scrapped. Print 1001.1.4. single railroad family. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. My parents bought this Stored on ground, without trucks, at Pocatello, Idaho, from, July 1985; sold for scrap to General Metals, 9 October 1986. did have a white plastic piece that sat inside the shell to provide windows for their example.