Interesting updates on these two units Point353! Good to know that both are still up-and-at'em moving railcars.
They are meter gauge. The rail loading requirements dictate spreading the unit's weight out farther, so I think you're on the right track. More info: http://www.drgw.net/info/BB40T-2
Some Family Lines cabooses here. First is a "convention of cabooses" as seen in Montgomery, AL in May 1985. The three boxy hacks are former ACL and the bay window remains untouched in L&N red. Second is former SAL 5711 at Montgomery in April 1986 and last is former Clinchfield 1072 as found in the rain at Knoxville, TN in January 1979.
The IC had a number of home-built "side door" cabooses, an old and interesting design feature that supposedly allowed for easier handling of supplies for stations and the caboose itself. I'm not sure of the details, but I do recall that the State of Iowa forbid their use in view of safety concerns, so these were not seen in service in Iowa unless their side doors were fixed shut. Maybe an IC fan here can shed more light on these cabooses. Unfortunately, I never found one in good light. Top image at Tuscaloosa, AL in April 1984 and the other in April 1991, having been sold and off line somewhere in northern AL or GA.
Most commonly found were IC's long, boxy extended vison cabooses which remained in service until the end. Like the cabooses above, these too were home-built at the road's Centralia, IL shops. First image is at Paducah, KY, April 1987 and the other at Kankakee, IL in October 1990.
Trivia: Two dozen IC hacks enjoy renewed life in Columbia, SC near Williams-Brice Stadium as Cockabooses, owned by U. of South Carolina Gamecock fans who take football tailgating to a new level. Prices run $250K to $300K depending on the Cocks' success on the gridiron.
A bit on the rare and unusual side of it all. This is the preserved depot/offices of the Kittitas Railway & Power Company at Salmon La Sac, Washington. A short lived venture, which never constructed any track, just this log cabin structure!
Long before being rebuilt to GP38-2 specs as BNSF 2018, this unit began life as PC GP40 3115: https://66.media.tumblr.com/a9ffc9522af8efbc9bad55391a3a26d4/tumblr_nnqzf59acH1sygg4wo1_1280.jpg Later, it was CR 3115: http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/48577/3115 6-29-80.jpg After that, it became DRGW 3132 - shown here leading the Amtrak California Zephyr!: https://live.staticflickr.com/865/41663511982_25b8100a2c_b.jpg
It was an interesting afternoon, some twenty plus years ago. Angle was into the sun's glare. The wind was howling from my right, (look at the background trees!), no way I could hold a steady camera. A thunderstorm almost there. Dust in the air. This one, in radio chatter being addressed as "Extra 1095 West", was just departing Ellensburg, Washington:
GE is having serious problems with traction motor failures, could be that. Maybe S/O for another power short train. Could be a lot of things lol.
Wobbly for me this time. Boxcar at Hermosa Tunnel, Sherman Hill, WY: Autoparts boxcar: A bay window caboose in Chyenne before it went to Portola (?):
