It's a caboose that can go three different directions Ie., Forwards, backwards and sideways. LOL rolleyes: Here's the official word as taken off of N Scale Supply's, info...quote: [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]In 1968, Southern Pacific subsidiary Cotton Belt (officially the St. Louis Southwestern Railway) received 20 cabooses from International Car Company. These were the first SP cabooses to use 50 ton trucks, starting the C-50 series of cabooses. In 1970, 1972, and 1974 SP returned to International Car for 181 cabooses, plus 16 for Cotton Belt in three groups. For the next four years, SP did not acquire any new cabooses. Instead, 207 older cabooses were rebuilt by the Sacramento Shops. In 1978, SP, again, bought cabooses. By then, International Car was a division of PACCAR (formerly Pacific Car & Foundry). The 50 cars of the C-50-7 class were built at the same Kenton, Ohio plant as the previous C-50 series cars. In design, they were similar to the previous C-50 cars with only a few changes. Their paint differed by having the roof painted the car body color and the road name was moved to the right of the bay window, and they featured an axle-end generator connection. They were also the first new cars in the 4000 series. In 1979, 50 cars of the C-50-8 class were delivered, with some minor detail differences when compared to the earlier C-50-7 cars. In 1980, the C-50-9 class of 75 cars was delivered. The C-50-9 class was unique in that they were delivered without any windows in the car sides, in order to increase crew safety and reduce repair costs. They were also the last group of new cabooses delivered to SP. SP car classification, such as C-50-7, indicate the type of car (“C” for caboose), the capacity of the trucks (50 tons), and the sequential order number (7). Class Road Numbers Year Built C-50-7 4600 – 4649 1978 C-50-8 4650 – 4699 1979 C-50-9 4700 – 4774 1980 End of quote. [/SIZE][/FONT]
Norcal had it right, I belong to the GSMRM. When I joined the club, I had a car. Now I don't. (The drive is about 25 mins without traffic.) I carpool about two thirds of the time with another club member who lives in SF. Other times I rent or borrow a car, or take my bike across the bay on BART. If you like biking, the route from North Berkeley along the "Greenway" and then along the water is pretty nice with a minimal amount of interaction with cars. Of course with the bridge still out that might be the only way I'll get there this month...
Has anyone figured out what to do about the warped endrailings? Fix them, or just leave them be? And if you fix them, how? Thanks!
Here are the pictures to the prototypes of the information above that Rick was nice enough to find us http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/baycab.html Courtesy of SP Cabooses My Fav
A bit off topic but if anyone is intersted Arnies in Westminister CA. has four MT bay windows in stock, SP of coarse. http://www.arniestrains.com/
