Check for an ICC regulation that relaxed the need for roof access to cabooses, similar to that of allowing ladders to be half-height on boxcars; the joke came that you could tape a $100.00 bill to the roof and no one would ever find it. Cabooses became a thing of the past shortly after that. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: JGG KahnSr To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 4:47 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} American Models Cabooses I just bought one each of the AM bay-window and wood cupola cabooses, which nicely complement the SHS EV modern and the AF "northeastern steel" kind. The bay-window is a puzzle to me, however, as it lacks end ladders and roofwalk, and a couple of others currently listed on ebay and the AM website are confusing as to whether it should have had them. So far as I can tell, some AM bay-window cabooses have them and some don't--but the SAME roadname sometimes seems to and at other times doesn't. No rhyme nor reason that I can discern. Perhaps those who've been in S scale far longer than I can explain what is going on? I have nothing against SP (I bought an SHS SP SW-1 six or eight weeks ago, and one of these will probably end up paired with it), but I am thinking the bay-window is a lot like the C&NW cars, so it may end up repainted. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
