Re: Photos of caboose 1005

Posted by drgwcs on Sep 05, 2024; 11:54pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Photos-of-caboose-1005-tp20050p20119.html

Chris Walker wrote

Mike Trent wrote

Sure looks like it. Long body, four corner cupola grab irons like 1009. Maybe #1000? It's not #1003, which had long grabirons on each side of the cupola.

Mike Trent wrote

If that is 1003, and it sure seems to be, they replaced the grabirons on the cupola. But it does have the correct windows. Thanks for the information on 1003 and 1005 in Alaska. I never knew that. For the correct style of the cupola grabirons on 1003 in C&S days, look at Tim Schreiner's model. They ran the length of the cupola on both sides. At least they did in later days on the C&S.

Mike, and others...

why are you dismissing the #1000?  What features did that have that are not present on the Bobber in the Alaska view?

I am going by the info that Rob Bell gave me- he is the only White Pass modeler that I know that has done these. I will double check with him. 1000 was listed as scrapped in 1939 before the end. The Pictorial shows as scrapped 1942 on 1003 and 1005 with a little note- may have been sold to the WP&Y at the bottom. They did have a rebuild and roofwalks were added by the cupola. The pictorial shows that 1002 also went to the White pass- that is in error according to what info Rob has. Seems like some forgotten history in all of this.