Does anyone know what year the Frisco purchased the cabooses from ATSF? They were renumbered by the BN to the 11XXX series. I think they were purchased to offset the old plywood rebuilds that were getting pretty old. Any other details about these would be appreciated.
I'm looking at Frisco In Color on pages 125-129. Shows some about cabooses but nothing about ATSF. It does talk a bit about the transition from wood to steel. I can't find anything ... but, any question that makes me look at my Frisco books is a good question! ------------------ Ship It On The FRISCO!
I want to think it was in the early 1970s, but I can't remember the exact date. An old issue of Prototype Modeler had an article on the ex-ATSF cabeese, and I used it for the basis of my two 1100-series cabooses. Perhaps if someone here could get Doug Hughes or one of the other Frisco "old heads" to chime in, this could be answered. BTW, one of the 1100-series hacks, stenciled QA&P, was on the end of the last eastbound QA&P train, pulled by an ex-Frisco GP15-1 (stenciled QA&P as well). ------------------ Ship IT on the Frisco! Bob T. http://hometown.aol.com/slsf1630/myhomepage/profile.html
Repeating what I said in the other threads, this information is available in the excellent articles on waycars in two issues of Diesel Era from 2003. Charlie
One bit of news for us HO scalers- Athearn is offering its standard cupola caboose in Frisco paint & lettering in the Ready-to-Roll line. The only thing I see that's off (nitpicker alert!) is the presence of roofwalks- the prototype did not have roofwalks, and had most of the windows closed up. But hey, a little "plastic surgery" will fix that. I did one of the Athearn cabooses in Frisco, and run it on my local freights with a Geep at the point.
