TYCO's "Midnight Special" My parents bought this caboose from the Purdy Co. scrap yard in Lincoln, CA, and moved it to our yard in Carmichael CA in March, 1977, when I was 12. (No.327-22), Silver Streak (No.) time the correct ICG logo is found on the model. CSX uses former Louisville & Nashville short bay window cabooses and former Conrail waycars as pushing platforms. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. //-->. windows other than on the bays. (No.327-10), Rocky Mountain Line [citation needed] This was absorbed into Middle Dutch and entered the Dutch language circa 1747 as kabhuis, the compartment on a ship's main deck in which meals were prepared. caboose and the depot are now gone. More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for DRGW 01414, Built in September 1980 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. is a December 1955 Mantua ad promoting the then-new Caboose. and was originally ATSF 507. Also available in the 1960s and found in TYCO's "Red Box" packaging is the Union Pacific to late-'70s vintage and shares the same paint scheme utilized for the "Midnight Special" line. Mileposts, Across from Police Station, with WP 727 GP7 diesel Apparently from the late 1970s, TYCO produced a Western Pacific Caboose that closely matches the scheme (No.327-51), Illinois Central Click on the following links to see pictures related to the Western Pacific: WP 608 is an EMC built NW2. 2 or Indian Valley No. Bluford Shops is announcing new N scale models of a family of steel bay window caboose designs developed by International Car Company in the early 1950s. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? We will add images as time allows and images are added to the collection. Western Pacific Railway was controlled by Union Pacific after December 22, 1982. Canadiana Sold for scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 30 June 1989. enjoys a rather brief existence in a limited number of roadnames found mostly in the mid- to late-1970s. Creek Road, Wood, bay window; Norman Holmes, Aspen Drive, Wood, outside braced, Ponderosa Ranch, 89451, Rt Lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices eliminated a lot of this need. $34.99 $27.99. google_ad_slot = "3262246495"; Supposedly part of restaurant ex-SP depot. Shop Online | In December 1975 International Car Corporation was sold to Paccar, Inc., with result that the six WP cabooses built in 1980 were shown as being built by Paccar. For longer trips, the caboose provided minimal living quarters, and was frequently personalized and decorated with pictures and posters. Built by International Car Corp. in May 1974. Wood, outside braced, cupola; Corner of 5, Wood, O.B., cupola, ex-boxcar 15458, ex-WP 623, Another spotting feature of the Pemco Streamline Off-Center Cupola Caboose Prior to arrival, the track was laid, as well as an extension out into the field in the early 1990s under IHC's name. For the United Kingdom equivalent, see, "End of the Line: U.S. Railroads Phasing Out Cabooses", "Caboose Gets A Bay Window In Place Of Familiar Cupola", "Wait, This Mysterious Heavily-Armored Blue Train Caboose Belongs To The Navy? It does not make any appearances in TYCO catalogs, but going by its letter-suffix stock number TCP-073 Western Pacific New Orange TCP-074 Western Pacific Green TCP-075 Pennsylvania Brunswick Green TCP-076 Rust TCP-077 Silver TCP-078 Railway Express Agency (REA) Green . Better-designed cars avoided problems with the loads helped as well. Early examples of the Streamline Off-Center Cupola Caboose feature metal "U"-shaped The standard form of the American caboose had a platform at either end with curved grab rails to facilitate train crew members' ascent onto a moving train. Related Products. The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad and archives that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. 1943: Rebuilt by Sacramento Car Shops as a caboose by adding bay windows and end platforms; 1975: Donated by Western Pacific Railroad to KQED for a fund raising auction and purchased by a resident of Salinas, CA, but burned by vandals before the car could be moved; 1975-1983: Burned car sits on a siding in Salinas Improved signaling eliminated the need to protect the rear of a stopped train. TYCO's Floodlight Car. 426-460. The machines also have blinking red lights to warn following trains that a train is ahead. Now a part of Virginian Return to Union Pacific Caboose Index Page, Read more about International Car Corporation. In April 1987, the on-ground storage program came to an end, and all cars awaiting heavy repairs at Pocatello were sold for scrap, most to General Metals of Tacoma, Washington. Railroad Equipment Sales, Auctions, Appraisals & Consulting, P.O. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from June 1985. This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. Items 1 - 35 of 385 Sort By WP 668 has a related Website here. The WP cars also had battery boxes. WP668 was originally built as a boxcar in 1916. They also had a double-latching door, to prevent accidental discharge of hot coals caused by the rocking motion of the caboose. The UP Caboose is solid yellow with red lettering Track3 of Jolly Goodfellow's Utah Depot site, article on it appeared in WP's As detailed above, PEMCO produced a clone of the TYCO Streamline Baggage/Mail cars converted in 1951-32 for high-speed "asparagus" and "cherry" train assignments due to their steel wheels. (No.327-H) Almost all of the back issues are available in the Museum Store or at the Roundhouse 11724 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 727. Neither the Boom Tender, nor the Floodlight Car are represented here as both are found in catalogs an antique store. A 1982 Presidential Emergency Board convened under the Railway Labor Act directed United States railroads to begin eliminating caboose cars where possible to do so. The most notable was the Santa Fe which in the 1960s started a rebuild program for their cabooses in which the cars were painted bright red with an eight-foot-diameter Santa Fe cross herald emblazoned on each side in yellow. Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. Located at a museum in Cherokee, California. A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Some modification the MT1015 covers may be necessary to settle properly in the . Ownership was then given to the WPRM and she arrived at the museum in February 2006.More information HERE! New diesel locomotives had large cabs that could house entire crews. As seems to happen often to IC and ICG models, TYCO uses the "split-rail" Illinois Central . Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987; possibly sold to Nucor Steel, Plymouth, Utah, for scrapping. 20057, Original WP Nos. On longer livestock trains in the American West, the drover's caboose is where the livestock's handlers would ride between the ranch and processing plant. Stencilled "SPECIAL CABOOSE". America". Canadian National Box 608, Portola CA 96122-8636 | 1-530-832-4131 | email us at: The stares of folks along the route is something I'll Reportedly WP 334 is the sole surviving Alco Class 332 MK-60-71 2-8-2. Just whenwas that famous TYCO Caboose first released? I deserve credit for my work. Flatcars and covered hoppers have been used for this purpose, but often the pushing platform is a caboose that has had its windows covered and welded shut and permanently locked doors. The Historical/Archive Department manages paperwork, photographs and other archive material. Ladders and running boards will be included . Caboose is steel center cupola, Model CA-10. TYCO catalog image, Clementine It is used in transfer service between rail yards or short switching runs, and as such, lacks sleeping, cooking or restroom facilities. (No. 550 to the WP on December 29, 1924, overhauled in 1925 becoming WP 402. They were often found on stock trains originating in Montana. TYCO Caboose models do not feature window "glass" material, the Pemco Caboose used for the 1979 Western Pacific GP-20 model. 20058-20063, 1910 H&B built car 774/20051 rebuilt to this specification in 1917, Note 1 (wood underframe), Originally A&SJ A600, original WP No. ), Illinois Central Gulf Restaurant. The Story of Western Pacific Caboose 668, WP668 crane lifts caboose into backyard webcam. displayed on two sites, Frank Brehm's, indicated by a (B), and Sam Herschbien's, indicated by an Arriving in 1979 with the introduction of the Clementine train set and steam engine is Removed from service on 28 March 1985. Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Creek Road, MOW, ex-799; Built from boxcar, Nevada State Painted yellow, June 1984. Sold. Located at a bed & breakfast inn in Healdon, Oklahoma. Atlas 20 006 226 HO, Extended Vision Caboose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF, 888318. WP668 is a historic Western Pacific Railroad caboose in San Jose, California. One was scrapped after an accident in Kentucky. 70-77009 G Gauge RailKing One Gauge Offset Steel Caboose Chicago & North Western Offset Steel Caboose - CNW Car No. All photos are used with permission. and give a general timeframe for reference regarding availability. Also borrowing the Bobber Caboose shell is Southern Pacific Depot, 1st & Main. Above is thesecond TYCO ICG Caboose attempt. [11] A legal exception was the state of Virginia, which had a 1911 law mandating cabooses on the ends of trains, until the law's final repeal in 1988. (Click on the thumbnail to see a full size image. The form of cabooses varied over the years, with changes made both to reflect differences in service and improvements in design. The train crew rode in the caboose section while the livestock handlers rode in the coach section. Click on the following links to see other posts related to this story: NOTE: If anything is my "life's work" it's my train photos. Stored at Rupert, Idaho, from November 1985. The above May be located in Redwood Valley, California. Cattle Company, UP paint scheme, Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Any info? Western Pacific Wood Caboose #641. Transfer cabooses are not to be confused with Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) cabooses, as their cabooses were fully functional. The example carrying roadnumber 1654 is reported to have TYCO stock number 327-B on its The Western Pacific 805-A is the "Belle" of Those last six cabooses built for WP in 1980 were almost identical to an oreder for SP C-50-9 cabooses, numbered as SP 4700-4774, also built by Paccar in 1980 as SP's last cabooses. Caboose was donated by John Ford and Steve Rodgerson in 1991.More information HERE! Camboose may have entered English through American sailors who had come into contact with their French allies during the American Revolution. of the PEMCO product. owned by the Pacific Locomotive Association, WP F-unit 918D surprised us by also coming eastbound on the Niles Canyon Railway, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. on the underframe. This created a unique look for their small fleet. Compare. More information HERE! Donated, to Niles Depot Historical Foundation, Fremont, California, November 1988, delivered, on 2 February 1989. The Atlas chassis and details need to be cut down to fit as they are too long as delivered. (No.327-50) Possibly sold to Purdy Metals, Mojave, California, for scrapping. Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, 8 June 1990 , scrapped. (No.327-23) Read more. This caboose is now private property of Katy Dickinson and John Plocher in San Jose, CA. The "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" Wabash Caboose appears to be of mid- 4d 22h left +$9.00 shipping Sponsored HO Scale Overland Models Western Pacific Caboose (OMI-1116) Brass Pre-Owned $149.99 or Best Offer +$16.54 shipping Free returns 10 watchers Sponsored Athearn Roundhouse HO Scale Western Pacific Bicentennial Caboose #474 They were without legs, bolted directly to the floor, and featured a lip on the top surface to keep pans and coffee pots from sliding off. Additionally, Monon Railroad had a unique change to the extended-vision cabooses. [10] The ETD also detects movement of the train upon start-up and radios this information to the engineers so they know all of the slack is out of the couplings and additional power could be applied. Particularly, it was built in Japan in 1962 and is used as an inspection car by the Philippine National Police.[17]. At that time, WP had 59 cabooses, all of which were bay window cars. Railroad Museum, Wood, floor & trucks only; Silverbend Tree Farm. 740-376-4777. Nickel Plate Road Caboose #466 . TYCO catalog image, Chessie System Nine cars were retired during 1985; three (WP 445, 449, 463) were donated for preservation and six (WP 444, 450, 456, 472, 475, 479) were sold for scrap. Besides the IHC examples of the TYCO Caboose models, Pemco produced a clone of the Streamline the "Streamline Off-Center Cupola" and "Extended Vision Cupola" Caboose and BOTH models carry the sameproduct number and was not listed among any TYCO catalogs. Box Era" of the 1970s through 1993. Removed from service on 15 March 1986. For a summary of the WP668 story, see Katys May 2017 Western Pacific Historical Convention slides:The Story of Western Pacific Caboose 668. From Train. At that time, WP had 59 cabooses, all of which were bay window cars. Cabooses formerly of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Desktop Home | Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. The year's provided do represent when a Caboose appeared in a TYCO catalog More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for CCT 24, Built June-1941. This Caboose looks very similar to TYCO's earlier Hong Kong produced engine, Owned by the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, Steel, bay window, no markings; Olney Land & 4, original WP No. (No.327-45) The two examples of TYCO Caboose models found here are the only ones offered during the "Brown In 1987, these 19 former WP cabooses were among the 900+ Found in some train sets featuring the Virginian Century 430 Cafe/coaches converted for high-speed asparagus and cherry train assignments due to their steel wheels. Stored on ground, without trucks; at Pocatello, Idaho, from, September 1986; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. More Information; Scale: O: . ", Eugene continued, "I should note that the passengers were having dinner and the engineer on 608 was so gentle that no one was even aware we had been coupled on to and were moving. (No.327-01), The Royal Blue Coal or wood was originally used to fire a cast-iron stove for heat and cooking, later giving way to a kerosene heater. Transferred to freight-only service and renumbered 619 (2nd) May 15, 1951, Note 2. The third TYCO This Western Pacific Caboose is the "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" style and was not listed among any TYCO catalogs. WP668 is a historic Western Pacific Railroad caboose being restored by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher, a private family in San Jose, California, USA. Cabooses of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. One day late in the summer of 1863 I received orders to give my caboose to the conductor of a construction train and take an empty boxcar to use as a caboose. Email: info@westerndepot.com. the roadnumber 156. . windows other than on the bays. (No.327-10), Rocky Mountain Line [citation needed] This was absorbed into Middle Dutch and entered the Dutch language circa 1747 as kabhuis, the compartment on a ship's main deck in which meals were prepared. caboose and the depot are now gone. More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for DRGW 01414, Built in September 1980 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. is a December 1955 Mantua ad promoting the then-new Caboose. and was originally ATSF 507. Also available in the 1960s and found in TYCO's "Red Box" packaging is the Union Pacific to late-'70s vintage and shares the same paint scheme utilized for the "Midnight Special" line. Mileposts, Across from Police Station, with WP 727 GP7 diesel Apparently from the late 1970s, TYCO produced a Western Pacific Caboose that closely matches the scheme (No.327-51), Illinois Central Click on the following links to see pictures related to the Western Pacific: WP 608 is an EMC built NW2. 2 or Indian Valley No. Bluford Shops is announcing new N scale models of a family of steel bay window caboose designs developed by International Car Company in the early 1950s. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? We will add images as time allows and images are added to the collection. Western Pacific Railway was controlled by Union Pacific after December 22, 1982. Canadiana Sold for scrap to Aaron Ferer and Sons, 30 June 1989. enjoys a rather brief existence in a limited number of roadnames found mostly in the mid- to late-1970s. Creek Road, Wood, bay window; Norman Holmes, Aspen Drive, Wood, outside braced, Ponderosa Ranch, 89451, Rt Lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices eliminated a lot of this need. $34.99 $27.99. google_ad_slot = "3262246495"; Supposedly part of restaurant ex-SP depot. Shop Online | In December 1975 International Car Corporation was sold to Paccar, Inc., with result that the six WP cabooses built in 1980 were shown as being built by Paccar. For longer trips, the caboose provided minimal living quarters, and was frequently personalized and decorated with pictures and posters. Built by International Car Corp. in May 1974. Wood, outside braced, cupola; Corner of 5, Wood, O.B., cupola, ex-boxcar 15458, ex-WP 623, Another spotting feature of the Pemco Streamline Off-Center Cupola Caboose Prior to arrival, the track was laid, as well as an extension out into the field in the early 1990s under IHC's name. For the United Kingdom equivalent, see, "End of the Line: U.S. Railroads Phasing Out Cabooses", "Caboose Gets A Bay Window In Place Of Familiar Cupola", "Wait, This Mysterious Heavily-Armored Blue Train Caboose Belongs To The Navy? It does not make any appearances in TYCO catalogs, but going by its letter-suffix stock number TCP-073 Western Pacific New Orange TCP-074 Western Pacific Green TCP-075 Pennsylvania Brunswick Green TCP-076 Rust TCP-077 Silver TCP-078 Railway Express Agency (REA) Green . Better-designed cars avoided problems with the loads helped as well. Early examples of the Streamline Off-Center Cupola Caboose feature metal "U"-shaped The standard form of the American caboose had a platform at either end with curved grab rails to facilitate train crew members' ascent onto a moving train. Related Products. The Western Pacific Railroad Museum (WPRM) in Portola, California, known as the Portola Railroad Museum until January 1, 2006, is a heritage railroad and archives that preserves and operates historic American railroad equipment and preserves documents, photos and information. 1943: Rebuilt by Sacramento Car Shops as a caboose by adding bay windows and end platforms; 1975: Donated by Western Pacific Railroad to KQED for a fund raising auction and purchased by a resident of Salinas, CA, but burned by vandals before the car could be moved; 1975-1983: Burned car sits on a siding in Salinas Improved signaling eliminated the need to protect the rear of a stopped train. TYCO's Floodlight Car. 426-460. The machines also have blinking red lights to warn following trains that a train is ahead. Now a part of Virginian Return to Union Pacific Caboose Index Page, Read more about International Car Corporation. In April 1987, the on-ground storage program came to an end, and all cars awaiting heavy repairs at Pocatello were sold for scrap, most to General Metals of Tacoma, Washington. Railroad Equipment Sales, Auctions, Appraisals & Consulting, P.O. Stored at Omaha, Nebraska, from June 1985. This list was compiled by Roger Kirkpatrick, the net's guru of surviving cabeese. Items 1 - 35 of 385 Sort By WP 668 has a related Website here. The WP cars also had battery boxes. WP668 was originally built as a boxcar in 1916. They also had a double-latching door, to prevent accidental discharge of hot coals caused by the rocking motion of the caboose. The UP Caboose is solid yellow with red lettering Track3 of Jolly Goodfellow's Utah Depot site, article on it appeared in WP's As detailed above, PEMCO produced a clone of the TYCO Streamline Baggage/Mail cars converted in 1951-32 for high-speed "asparagus" and "cherry" train assignments due to their steel wheels. (No.327-H) Almost all of the back issues are available in the Museum Store or at the Roundhouse 11724 HO, 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose, Western Pacific, WP, 727. Neither the Boom Tender, nor the Floodlight Car are represented here as both are found in catalogs an antique store. A 1982 Presidential Emergency Board convened under the Railway Labor Act directed United States railroads to begin eliminating caboose cars where possible to do so. The most notable was the Santa Fe which in the 1960s started a rebuild program for their cabooses in which the cars were painted bright red with an eight-foot-diameter Santa Fe cross herald emblazoned on each side in yellow. Caboose was acquired in a Museum equipment trade between the FRRS and the BAERA in May 2005. Located at a museum in Cherokee, California. A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Some modification the MT1015 covers may be necessary to settle properly in the . Ownership was then given to the WPRM and she arrived at the museum in February 2006.More information HERE! New diesel locomotives had large cabs that could house entire crews. As seems to happen often to IC and ICG models, TYCO uses the "split-rail" Illinois Central . Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987; possibly sold to Nucor Steel, Plymouth, Utah, for scrapping. 20057, Original WP Nos. On longer livestock trains in the American West, the drover's caboose is where the livestock's handlers would ride between the ranch and processing plant. Stencilled "SPECIAL CABOOSE". America". Canadian National Box 608, Portola CA 96122-8636 | 1-530-832-4131 | email us at: The stares of folks along the route is something I'll Reportedly WP 334 is the sole surviving Alco Class 332 MK-60-71 2-8-2. Just whenwas that famous TYCO Caboose first released? I deserve credit for my work. Flatcars and covered hoppers have been used for this purpose, but often the pushing platform is a caboose that has had its windows covered and welded shut and permanently locked doors. The Historical/Archive Department manages paperwork, photographs and other archive material. Ladders and running boards will be included . Caboose is steel center cupola, Model CA-10. TYCO catalog image, Clementine It is used in transfer service between rail yards or short switching runs, and as such, lacks sleeping, cooking or restroom facilities. (No. 550 to the WP on December 29, 1924, overhauled in 1925 becoming WP 402. They were often found on stock trains originating in Montana. TYCO Caboose models do not feature window "glass" material, the Pemco Caboose used for the 1979 Western Pacific GP-20 model. 20058-20063, 1910 H&B built car 774/20051 rebuilt to this specification in 1917, Note 1 (wood underframe), Originally A&SJ A600, original WP No. ), Illinois Central Gulf Restaurant. The Story of Western Pacific Caboose 668, WP668 crane lifts caboose into backyard webcam. displayed on two sites, Frank Brehm's, indicated by a (B), and Sam Herschbien's, indicated by an Arriving in 1979 with the introduction of the Clementine train set and steam engine is Removed from service on 28 March 1985. Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Creek Road, MOW, ex-799; Built from boxcar, Nevada State Painted yellow, June 1984. Sold. Located at a bed & breakfast inn in Healdon, Oklahoma. Atlas 20 006 226 HO, Extended Vision Caboose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, BNSF, 888318. WP668 is a historic Western Pacific Railroad caboose in San Jose, California. One was scrapped after an accident in Kentucky. 70-77009 G Gauge RailKing One Gauge Offset Steel Caboose Chicago & North Western Offset Steel Caboose - CNW Car No. All photos are used with permission. and give a general timeframe for reference regarding availability. Also borrowing the Bobber Caboose shell is Southern Pacific Depot, 1st & Main. Above is thesecond TYCO ICG Caboose attempt. [11] A legal exception was the state of Virginia, which had a 1911 law mandating cabooses on the ends of trains, until the law's final repeal in 1988. (Click on the thumbnail to see a full size image. The form of cabooses varied over the years, with changes made both to reflect differences in service and improvements in design. The train crew rode in the caboose section while the livestock handlers rode in the coach section. Click on the following links to see other posts related to this story: NOTE: If anything is my "life's work" it's my train photos. Stored at Rupert, Idaho, from November 1985. The above May be located in Redwood Valley, California. Cattle Company, UP paint scheme, Siebers Mini Storage, 150 Mill Any info? Western Pacific Wood Caboose #641. Transfer cabooses are not to be confused with Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) cabooses, as their cabooses were fully functional. The example carrying roadnumber 1654 is reported to have TYCO stock number 327-B on its The Western Pacific 805-A is the "Belle" of Those last six cabooses built for WP in 1980 were almost identical to an oreder for SP C-50-9 cabooses, numbered as SP 4700-4774, also built by Paccar in 1980 as SP's last cabooses. Caboose was donated by John Ford and Steve Rodgerson in 1991.More information HERE! Camboose may have entered English through American sailors who had come into contact with their French allies during the American Revolution. of the PEMCO product. owned by the Pacific Locomotive Association, WP F-unit 918D surprised us by also coming eastbound on the Niles Canyon Railway, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. on the underframe. This created a unique look for their small fleet. Compare. More information HERE! Donated, to Niles Depot Historical Foundation, Fremont, California, November 1988, delivered, on 2 February 1989. The Atlas chassis and details need to be cut down to fit as they are too long as delivered. (No.327-50) Possibly sold to Purdy Metals, Mojave, California, for scrapping. Sold to Alter Trading Co., Council Bluffs, Iowa, 8 June 1990 , scrapped. (No.327-23) Read more. This caboose is now private property of Katy Dickinson and John Plocher in San Jose, CA. The "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" Wabash Caboose appears to be of mid- 4d 22h left +$9.00 shipping Sponsored HO Scale Overland Models Western Pacific Caboose (OMI-1116) Brass Pre-Owned $149.99 or Best Offer +$16.54 shipping Free returns 10 watchers Sponsored Athearn Roundhouse HO Scale Western Pacific Bicentennial Caboose #474 They were without legs, bolted directly to the floor, and featured a lip on the top surface to keep pans and coffee pots from sliding off. Additionally, Monon Railroad had a unique change to the extended-vision cabooses. [10] The ETD also detects movement of the train upon start-up and radios this information to the engineers so they know all of the slack is out of the couplings and additional power could be applied. Particularly, it was built in Japan in 1962 and is used as an inspection car by the Philippine National Police.[17]. At that time, WP had 59 cabooses, all of which were bay window cars. Railroad Museum, Wood, floor & trucks only; Silverbend Tree Farm. 740-376-4777. Nickel Plate Road Caboose #466 . TYCO catalog image, Chessie System Nine cars were retired during 1985; three (WP 445, 449, 463) were donated for preservation and six (WP 444, 450, 456, 472, 475, 479) were sold for scrap. Besides the IHC examples of the TYCO Caboose models, Pemco produced a clone of the Streamline the "Streamline Off-Center Cupola" and "Extended Vision Cupola" Caboose and BOTH models carry the sameproduct number and was not listed among any TYCO catalogs. Box Era" of the 1970s through 1993. Removed from service on 15 March 1986. For a summary of the WP668 story, see Katys May 2017 Western Pacific Historical Convention slides:The Story of Western Pacific Caboose 668. From Train. At that time, WP had 59 cabooses, all of which were bay window cars. Cabooses formerly of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Desktop Home | Returned to lessor, U. S. Trust, 10 April 1987. The year's provided do represent when a Caboose appeared in a TYCO catalog More information HERE!Audio Tour Page for CCT 24, Built June-1941. This Caboose looks very similar to TYCO's earlier Hong Kong produced engine, Owned by the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, Steel, bay window, no markings; Olney Land & 4, original WP No. (No.327-45) The two examples of TYCO Caboose models found here are the only ones offered during the "Brown In 1987, these 19 former WP cabooses were among the 900+ Found in some train sets featuring the Virginian Century 430 Cafe/coaches converted for high-speed asparagus and cherry train assignments due to their steel wheels. Stored on ground, without trucks; at Pocatello, Idaho, from, September 1986; sold for scrap to General Metals, 18 April 1987. More Information; Scale: O: . ", Eugene continued, "I should note that the passengers were having dinner and the engineer on 608 was so gentle that no one was even aware we had been coupled on to and were moving. (No.327-01), The Royal Blue Coal or wood was originally used to fire a cast-iron stove for heat and cooking, later giving way to a kerosene heater. Transferred to freight-only service and renumbered 619 (2nd) May 15, 1951, Note 2. The third TYCO This Western Pacific Caboose is the "Steamlined Off-Center Cupola" style and was not listed among any TYCO catalogs. WP668 is a historic Western Pacific Railroad caboose being restored by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher, a private family in San Jose, California, USA. Cabooses of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. One day late in the summer of 1863 I received orders to give my caboose to the conductor of a construction train and take an empty boxcar to use as a caboose. Email: info@westerndepot.com. the roadnumber 156.