I have had people tell me an end cupola caboose was "backwards" a couple of times, pretty much regardless of the facing. Does anyone have hard evidence that railroads actually turned cabooses? Or assigned a "front" facing to them? Most of my prototypes used center cupolas, making the point moot, but I'd like to know in general. It seems very unlikely to me that the time would be spent sending cabooses to the turntable or around the wye.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Bud Rindfleisch <[email protected]> wrote: <SNIP>Before someone points out that the NYC 19000 is > "facing" the wrong direction, that is the way I used to see > them 90% of the time here in the heart of NYC country, with > the cupola end closer to the train. Seems contradictory in > general railroad practice of using the cupola to keep an eye > on the train ahead, but then again the NYC at times was > non-conventional. > Bud Rindfleisch ------------------------------------ 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/
