Re: Eight wheel Caboose on C&Sng?

Posted by Derrell Poole on
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BTW in response to your citation of the costs of cabooses recorded by the UP; in Chapter 22 of Wagner's electronic book letters from the CRRM's C&S files indicate the 7 new broad gauge cars the C&S built in 1902 cost just $548.51 each (as opposed to, say, ng stock cars that cost over $700.00 each 5 years later). Is this perhaps an indictment of how much the UP overcharged its subsidiaries in the 1880s? Keep in mind that inflation while up and down was more or less negligible in the nation's economy in comparison to after 1913 when the Federal Reserve was established. We can't seriously apply inflation as a major factor in this equation. Yet some cars appear to be more than double in price, relative to their size and configuration! Also I'm certain the bean-counters included cost of shipping but.... really?