I am a member of the Illinois Railway Museum and we are in the process of restoring the subject transfer caboose. We only have one photo of the car and it is the one found on the RI Technical Society website. Does anyone have any photos of this car or know where one could be obtained? We should have the wood replaced on the house potion of the car, and at least part of the decking (depending on funding) by the end of summer 2007 and would like to make certain that the paint and lettering are as they would have been around 1968-69. We have chosen that era, as the car has ACI labels on it and we have the paint specifications for that period. The car arrived in a badly faded Mineral Red color, as shown in the RI Tech Soc. photo. As of today, we have applied new wood to one end of the car.
I don't know if it will help, but I have 3 photos of a model RI transfer caboose email me if they may be of use chacmool at lineone dot net Shortliner(Jack)away up here in the Highlands
I'm not certain that a model would assist us. We have a photo showing much of the stenciling and a sencil instruction drawing. This caboose is the only one built like this. We are loking for color photos of the caboose in the 1968-69 range. Thanks for the offer though.
