Wooden Caboose Questions
(Page numbers are from the UPHS caboose book.)
Q-W1: What is the unusual stack, louver and fuel tank on 3251? (Union Pacific Equipment by Kratville, page 81.) Trains Inc. tried to model this on their HO scale CA-1 but got the stack wrong. Is this a heater or generator?
Q-W2: Several wooden cabooses received power hand brakes:
- UP 3392, page 54
- UP 25571 (2640), page 59 (both ends)
- UP 25766 (2624), page 59 (one end)
- OWRN 3506 (NCS), page 60
- OWRN 3601, page 60
- UP 2640, page 66 - (other side but same end as Kratville, UP Equipment, page 81)
- SLG&W 50, page 98
Which CA-1s got the treatment?
Were the brakes on both ends (like 2640) or was the only one end (2624) the most common?
Overland Models did at least one CA-1 in HO scale with power hand brakes, which they called "modernized ends".
Q-W3: At least one of the "modernized" CA-1s got stripes on the sheet metal panels applied to the end railings. (One of the cars with power hand brakes.) What was the color? Some do and some don't. (OWR&N CA 3581 on page 42 has the stripes.)
Q-W4: Was there a program to change the type of stack on the CA-1s or were they replaced as needed? (compare the stacks on page 45 vs. the stacks on page 51)
Q-W5: On 2438, pg.43, the middle end window on the cupola was a train number indicator. How did those work and when did they stop using them? How about the light on the roof of the cupola. Was this a signal light or marker light? How were they used and when did they stop using them?
Q-W6: Ever notice the three (maybe more?) of hand rail types on wood cupolas? (2436, pg. 43, 798, pg. 44 and 3343, pg. 44)
Q-W7: Was there a rhyme or reason to the end window arrangements on CA-1s? (3187 vs. 2686 on page 56)
Q-W8: What were those things mounted on the end walls of some cabooses? (2681 on pg. 57, on the right near the top hand rail on the end wall)
Q-W9: When were kerosene marker lamps last used?
Q-W10: When were tool boxes first used on CA-1s?
Q-W11: Was there a list of which conductor owned what "ownership" marker? (2585, pg. 45, 3831, pg. 144, etc)
