Howdy, There's a steel, wide vision cupola, IC caboose listed in Huntsville, AL, as "IC 912?". However, wide vision caboose would have a "9120 - 9129 series"...
I am seeking a kit or assembled model in HO scale of a caboose built 1885 –1905, that the real one is preserved by a historical society or museum. The...
I added a photo of the NP caboose at Hinckley, Minnesota, number unknown to me at the time I shot this car, 1988. The caboose resides next to the depot which...
Hi Don, The Hinckley, MN, caboose is reported to be BN 12157, built for BN in 4/77. When reported it was said to be "sheathed in wood and lettered as...
... Great photo! One of the nicer display cabooses I've seen. Just for the record though, the Great Chicago fire was October 8, 1871, while the Hinckley fire...
Mr. Hill, you are correct, and I erred in my post about the Hinckley Fire being the same time as the Peshtigo Fire. I should have known that, as relatives in...
Roger and Group - Naw, can't be that the city sheathed that gorgeous NP caboose in wood??? Since my bride loves Duluth, the next trip up north means a stop at...
The PRR, NYC (Big Four), and CGW all had wooden cabooses with cupolas that overhung the car roof by a couple of inches on each side; not really enough to call...
Hey there, While on vacation this past week, the wife and I stopped at this tourist (trap) featuring a collection of old passenger equip- ment with a pair of...
Since Roger and Larry have already answered the CGW having wide vision cabooses, I will post some photos. One that should really be of interest, and this...
Sent some images of the CGW wood wide vision style cabooses. Look in the <DEVaughn Photos> file, last images. Some history - the 309 was one of ten the CGW...
... Great stuff! That "wide-vision" 4-wheeler is a true gem, and I'd never have guessed that such a thing existed. Thanks for posting the photos. Jim Hill...
One of my many modeling projects is to make a model of this car, the CGW 309. It's so darn "cute"! I have some shots of the Southern Iowa Railway bobber,...
http://www.trainweb.org/dbrr/cabsavedhtml/MP13649.html I wanted to drop the group a line to let you know that this caboose is now back looking good once more....
The fake caboose that was at the McDonald's at 19th & Main Street in Longmont CO is now on a piece of track next to the office of the Denver Rock Island...
Don, I received a photo from my friend Jetty Tyler (Whitehall, MI) of CGW caboose #401 which is a wide vision cupola wood caboose. I returned the photo to him...
Tyler, I suggest you contact Robert J. Kaelin, 1099 Ostrander Ave, Riverhead, NY 11901-2625. He has kits of LIRR class N52A and PRR class N6B. Both are in "0"...
Thanks, Larry. Also see my painting of CGW #401 on the web site, WWW.CABOOSEART.COM. George ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
