I agree Bill, we don't like our hot sauce coming from New York City
either!
One of the cars that Frank built which used left over parts from the
Kinsman passenger cars was more of a work caboose, I believe. Seems
somebody did something similar with the old time AF car also.
At the Wisconsin NASG, I purchased a box from the late Russ Mobley
estate labeled 'drovers caboose'. Russ had called me sometime before
his death and we discussed such a project. What I purchased ended up
being just a bunch of weird parts, no plans and nowhere near a caboose.
I would like one eventually, but I think most prototypes were
individualized by each railroad if not one of the kind. I think I have
a copy of the Beebe & Clegg book (don't recall which one) that featured
many odd-ball cabooses used on mixed trains--many of them in the
Southeastern states. I have many books on the upper Mid-western
railroads that I model, but have found almost no references to drover's
cabooses--although I confess I really haven't looked that hard either.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 9/12/12 11:16 PM, Bill Rigsby wrote:
Just we needed, a guy from Pennsilvania, and one from New York
discussing "Drover's Caboose". Sounds like a couple of real S Scale
City Slickers to me.
Bill
--- On *Wed, 9/12/12, Ed /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: Ed <[email protected]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Drovers caboose
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 5:17 PM
> While this may be true, Frank also built a drover's caboose that
I think appeared in Ed's magazine, "3/16th Scale Railroading".
> Jamie Bothwell
I suspect the drover's caboose that Frank built became the
prototype for the Kinsman kit of a similar/identical drover's
caboose. Educated guess, but I could be wrong. Ed L.
