Re: The caboose that never was

Posted by John Greenly on May 31, 2017; 2:20pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/the-caboose-that-never-was-tp8369p8377.html

I do have NG Pict. VIII, and had studied Derrell's caboose table, so I knew that 1010 and 1011 existed, but I didn't know anything about their configuration.  Jim, you've put me onto paydirt again, though ,because I went back and leafed through the caboose photos there and on p. 113 there is a photo of caboose 313, which is my car- 1010!!  The date is listed as ca. 1910, and the car has been rebuilt with the new undercarriage (note added 9/15/17: this is wrong, see the further discussion below in this thread) and brakes. The car still has four windows and no cupola.  All that would have to be done to get 1010 as I have it would be to add the cupola and delete the two windows under it, as was done with the other cars that survived.
That probably never happened, but I think this caboose now definitely has a new title:  the Caboose That Might Have Been:



So, I've blundered into something really fun!  I went around all day yesterday with a big smile on my face-  this really made my day!
Small pleasures are important in this crazy world.

John