Eight wheel Caboose on C&Sng?

Posted by Derrell Poole on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Eight-wheel-Caboose-on-C-Sng-tp488.html

I see the ol' ticker counter creeping up on 100k hits. Everybody must be coming here to see if there is any new ssssstufff at the Blog Smorgasbord - yum. Everybody eats... who cooks?

Well maybe here's a dish you can chew on...

I've been tweeked onto a bit of a roll by all the caboose discussion lately. I got all my little brassy bobbers out and put them on the track I use for testing power trains and DCC - part of my job. And then I stepped back and counted; one, two....seven! I have seven brassy bobbers. So I got to thinking do I have all of the bobbers I need for 1910. No - I knew that. How many do I need (I also have a couple of Village Depot kits so maybe I have nine)? Not enough. In 1910 there were still 12 bouncing bettvs on the line. 300, 301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313 and 314.... iirc....

Orrrrrrrrrr.... maybe there were really 13. This triggered a tangent. Whatever happened to 302 turned 0302 turned 087? In 1905, 302 was transferred to MOW as an outfit and apparently reno'd 0302. Then it was reno'd in 1909 to 087. It was finally retired in Feb. 1928. I found this in my trusty copy of the "Unit Record of Property Changes"under a category called "outfit, box, boarding".

Boarding? Just how many pipples can you board in a bobber? And then there it was again - and after all these years, too; that age old question - what exactly was 302 where did it come from and why was it chosen to be an outfit car? Hmmmmmmm? Anybody have anything on this car? I mean, if it lasted to almost 1930 surely y'all might be interested? Anyone willing to sing for our supper? Cause otherwise I'm just going out for dinner...

"Well, Derrell, I'd like to know more about 087..."
"Sounds like a great mystery to me Derrell..."
"I know more about this than you, Derrell, but I'm going to wait for you to pull the trigger..."
"What does this have to do with 8 wheeled cabooses, Derrell..."
"Waaaait a minute, Derrell; are you being sarcastic?"
"Moff-munf, miffin lmumf, merffilaf,muff! Mummff!" (okay, don't talk with your mouth full!)