I would like to know the color of the CMStP&P combine caboose! I think thats what they are called, it is an old wood coupola caboose with the side baggage doors in it. I have two black and white photos from a magazine but they don't say what colors they were. I think they look red with a black roof and white lettering but it is really hard to tell. Can anyone help?
Andy, In the book "The Milwaukee Road 1928 to 1985" under the year 1937, quote "capola cabooses were rebuilt with the bay windows and went from caboose red to white and some cases aluminum" a good bet is the photos you have were red. I can send you a scanned page from the book if you wish. It shows a caboose in white with black lettering. George
Many were done in Milwaukee Brown. Later they were repainted. Very early they tried siver but found that it did not hold up. Later repaints included Milw. Orange and I've seen one pic in yellow.
Some were indeed painted an orange that appeared closer to a yellow. Especially with a little time in weathering. Some paint pigments did not hold up well back then. Believe the style you reference, was called a "drovers" caboose. Boxcab E50
Thanks guys, I can't remember what mag. I got these pictures from, I just remember cutting them out. The photo is definitly a dark color with white lettering, so it probably is the brownish red, it only has two windows on each side and the baggage doors. I already made a model of a silver drovers caboose that is in the caboose book put out by MRHA. I will probably stick with the brown or maybe the orange. George, Thanks for the offer on sending the picture, as a matter of fact I finaly broke down and ordered that same book and it should be here in about 4 days
Nicely detailed cabooses. I thought a drover caboose had multilpe bunk places, but maybe not. It does look like a drover caboose.
