Possibly a "Friday" job?The boxcar has been sloppily renumbered.
Yes, it does seem the numbers are a bit out of alignments. The other side (the french side) seems better done.The boxcar has been sloppily renumbered.
I did check their site earlier, and Walters seem to have the closest looking models with slight variations.The caboose looks like a Walthers product.
I agree. The chimney support "wires", the triangular upper ladder handles, and the Train Miniature type trucks are giveaways. I am surprised though that it has coil springs rather than leaf springs.The caboose looks like a Walthers product.
Maybe the crew honked off management, and the cab was equipped with freight trucks as punishment.I agree. The chimney support "wires", the triangular upper ladder handles, and the Train Miniature type trucks are giveaways. I am surprised though that it has coil springs rather than leaf springs.
Wouldn't leaf springs have been used on older wood side models? This one has rivetted panels so I'm thinking late 60's?I agree. The chimney support "wires", the triangular upper ladder handles, and the Train Miniature type trucks are giveaways. I am surprised though that it has coil springs rather than leaf springs.
I'm not certain about "in general", but on the Santa Fe, there were only a few caboose which were refurbished in 1975 that were given the ASF 2 coil spring trucks, all the rest were leaf springs. Even their last order of new wide vision caboose (6 months before caboose were no longer mandated) had the leaf springs.Wouldn't leaf springs have been used on older wood side models? This one has rivetted panels so I'm thinking late 60's?
"As it is in your hand" it is from the 1970s. The AEI code bar on the side shows that.So this caboose is from the 1975 or newer era then?
I wondered what that thingy was? lol"As it is in your hand" it is from the 1970s. The AEI code bar on the side shows that.