Re: Eight wheel Caboose on C&Sng?

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Eight-wheel-Caboose-on-C-Sng-tp488p1956.html

Derrell's Pop Quiz Answers

Two main take away points from the long and excellent dissertation were:

1).  Cupolas on pre-C&S waycars/cabooses were much more common than we think, some may have been new equipment on the original DSP&P construction of 1880-1885, more likely a result of DL&G rebuilds of the 1890s. Thus, the presence of a cupola does not a U&N caboose make.

2). There is no way to be sure where all the surviving C&S cabooses came from, UP-UPD&G-DL&G-C&S numbering systems for cabooses cause migraines and it is quite possible that all C&S cabooses were originally DSP&P / CC cars.

Answer to Bonus Question that wasn't asked:

Caboose underframes between 1880 and 1908 are vague and mysterious things, with very limited photographic documentation, but the available evidence does not preclude the addition of air brake systems in the 1890s, in keeping with one piece of written DL&G documentation.

 
Now, I've been working on my own dissertation regarding thoughts on underframes and the fuzzy dice that are cupola "corner braces".  Should I post it here or start a new thread?  Neither has anything to do with 8-wheel cabooses.