Anyone need a transfer caboose?

Logtrain Nov 9, 2012

  1. Logtrain

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  3. friscobob

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    I'll have to settle for a spare Moloco kit of a Frisco transfer caboose. Fortunately, where I'm modeling, I can use converted Santa Fe crummies and get away with it.

    Those caboose models DO look pretty nice, though- if I modeled MP, I'd definitely get me a few "doghouse" cabooses!

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    Shot this pic of a simlarly-painted SP transfer hack at Shawnee, OK, on the Arkansas- Oklahoma RR (former Rock Island) in December 2009. I wondered about this paint scheme- the ad depicting the "Daylight" transfer caboose helps solve things. Juddging by the lettering on the top left of the end, this MAY BE the One-Spot.
     
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  4. CraigfromBlufordShops

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    Yep, that's the One-Spot!
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  5. NYW&B

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    Nice models, but rather steep prices, particularly for the Fox Valley model in HO! I've kitbashed my own transfer cabooses for a fraction of those prices and I'd venture so could any model railroader worth his salt. After all, aren't we supposed to be modelers?

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  6. MT_Trainman

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    Yes, steep prices, but both models are a nice alternative for those who don't really have great kit bashing skills... Not everybody is a super modeler....
     
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  7. subwayaz

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    Yep sure do need a couple of these; but since I don't model "Milw" road I'm going with Bluford or Craig as I did for the N scale model. Southern Pacific is my road and Craig got my purchases.

    I think it was a smart idea to come out with more than just one road:cool:

    The Southern Pacific still lives in my world
     
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  8. James Fitch

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    D&RGW never has anything like this so my wallet is safe.
     
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  9. CraigfromBlufordShops

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    Steve and I are flying to Denver to repaint an old MoPac hack in Rio Grande orange so think again Jim Fitch! :p
     
    CraigfromBlufordShops, Nov 12, 2012
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  10. SP 8299

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    Nice catch! One slight correction though; SP 1, and the MoPac short body cabooses that inspired it, were not transfer cabooses. They were full-blown road-service cabs...just with shorter bodies. Also, SP 1 was one-of-a-kind, done as an in-house rebuild of an older caboose:

    http://espee.railfan.net/sp_c-50-10.html

     
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