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Pre 1960s | 1960s | 1970s | 1977-80s | Still in Service | Preserved | |
T&P-Built C&EI-Built Transfer |
Bay Window Extended Vision |
Short Bay Window | Trace current Assignments & Locations | Elvin Klepzig's State-by-state list |
Cabeese,
Crummies & Hacks By the late 1970's the buzzsaw was being replaced by the new eagle/blue buzzsaw decal, a unique buzzsaw color only used for cabooses. |
Steel Bay Window Caboose |
The MoPac had at least several varieties of caboose equipped with bay-windows over the years, but the company was slow to purchase cabooses without a cupola. It's first taste came through mergers with other roads like the C&EI. Despite the latest trend in in modern caboose design, MP wouldn't place an order to International Car until it 1976. These later models had a slightly different style bay area than the earlier C&EI's.
Roger Kirkpatrick's definition of Bay Window cars are cabooses that have window extensions on each side like bay or oriel windows on a house. The bays can extend from the roof to the floor, from the roof half way down the side, or be much smaller. Most are centered between the two ends but some are offset or closer to one end than the other.
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MP 13689 - at Rich Hill, Missouri; 11/12/01 - © T. Greuter photo |
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MP 13689 - is very well maintained by the town of Rich Hill, Missouri. It's one of the best caboose displays I've seen. 11/12/01 - © T. Greuter photo |
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MP 13689 - at Rich Hill, Missouri, 11/12/01 - T. Greuter Photo |
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MP 13690 - Brian Paul Ehni Photo or Collection, used with permission. |
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MP 13701? - Down by the station early in the morning... we see a very short train consisting of a two U23-B's (one is MP 4540) and bay window cab - © Tony Moses, used with permission. |
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MP 13689 - interior shot, the stove is to the right, bunk bed frame at lower left. 11/12/01 - © T. Greuter photo |
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MP 13689 - interior shot showing the 'office area' with the stove behind. 11/12/01 - © T. Greuter photo |
The C&EI
War Wagons |
Extended Vision Caboose |
After a long history of home-builts, the company went to an outside source in 1971 for the latest in caboose design from International Car Co. With the purchase of 150 of this model, the railroadwas able to retire most of its old wood cabooses still roaming the system's yards, with the Sedalia and DeSoto standard steels filling-in their assignments.
Series 13515-13664
- Extended
Vision Caboose
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Plate - | AAR Class - | RR Class - | |
Former Series none | Built 1971, 1972, 1973 | Rebuilt - | |
Car Manufacturer International Car Co., Kenton, Ohio | |||
Outside Lg. (roof) 36' 7-1/4" |
Outside Wd. (Cupl)
10' 7-7/8"
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Outside Ht. to Cupola 13' 5-5/8" | |
Body Lg. 30' 7-1/4" | Body Wd. 9' 3-3/8" | Outside Ht. to Roof 10' 11-5/16" | |
Cubic feet - | Load Limit - | Lt. Wt. 52300 lbs. | |
Truck Barber Swing Motion | Wheel Diameter - | Hand Brake Klasing No. 1500 | |
Heating Vapor "Caban" | Smokejack - | Radio Motorola Micor | Axle Driv. Dayton Drv. Sys. |
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MP 13523 - November, 1983 at Kansas City, Missouri - © Tony Moses, used with permission. |
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MP 13600 - © copyright Chris John |
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Cupola cabooses have the roof top extension, lookout, or monitor. The cupola comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and can be centered, offset, or at or near one end. Except for older, mostly wood cabooses, the cupola is usually flush with the sides of the car or sticks out beyond the sides. The latter is called an extended vision or wide vision cupola caboose, depending on the road and/or manufacturer. The extension gives the crew a better view past the taller modern freight cars. Many roads had their standard cupola cabooses rebuilt into extended/wide vision cars in the 60's and 70's. |
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EV caboose 13649 - on display at Beecher, IL (along Chicago Sub) April 1990 - JD Santucci Photo |
Paint Variations You've seen photos of these differences, it seemed there were as many shades and hues as there were caboose types on the system, when in fact all these cars painted in the final vermillion scheme started in an identical red coloring. Author Jerry Michels' explaination of the paint variations on MoPac cabooses sums it up best. Jerry states that for most cars painted in the 1960-70s, the paint faded from a bright vermillion to orange in the MoPac caboose. However, it wasn't as much of an oxidation problem due to time and the elements (as is commonly believed) as it was a chemical reaction. This was in part due to the cleaners MoPac used in their washes which attacked the paint. Usually the results after years of scrubbing where cabooses with a shiny orange finish. A more extreme example of this were the C&EI cabooses (Magor-type) around St. Louis that faded from bright red to pink, and finally to gray. ĘBy the time they arrived for scrapping at Sedalia, these C&EI cabooses were very gray. |
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