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Road Pictures of Cabooses

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 11:08 AM

gmpullman
I was there in '72 and found this one in Homestead (Florida City):

I will need to keep my eyes open when I am travelling in Florida. I usually do not pay attention like I do in other areas... I have seen all of Florida before.

This caboose was seen in West Virginia.

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, October 24, 2020 2:38 PM

Cresson, Pennsylvania. 1998.

 PRR_N5c_Cresson by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, October 24, 2020 3:47 PM

That's a really unique looking caboose Ed.  It definitely looks restored and is old because there hasn't been any cabeese for years.  It does look rather retro and was ahead-of-its-time at that time is my guess.

I wouldn't mind having one of those for a conversation piece on my layoutYes

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, October 24, 2020 4:36 PM

Track fiddler
I wouldn't mind having one of those for a conversation piece on my layoutYes

Bowser is your friend Big Smile

https://www.bowser-trains.com/new/nscalen5c2019.html

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, October 24, 2020 5:42 PM

Cool!

I'll take the Green Penn Central or the Blue Conrail, I haven't decided yet.  Just too bad they don't have a Great Northern or a Northern Pacific.

 

Thanks Ed

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:31 PM

Thanks Ed for bringing up this one-year-old thread.

I'm all out of Road pictures of cabooses because I haven't been on a road trip for quite a while in light of our new weird world.

I guess a recap is in order

She's a Beauty not too far away from Terry's house up by Sarona, WisconsinYes

 

 

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Posted by steemtrayn on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 8:01 AM

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7863171,-74.9161804,3a,15y,79.33h,89.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_FAhS86rsUpny0QF1KgFcA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 11:50 AM

Found another one, in Washington State, that I photographed last year.

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 2:32 PM

A little worse for wear, she probably racked up twenty-million miles or more:

 2006 photos 595 by Edmund, on Flickr

At the Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue, Ohio.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 9:27 AM

Liked the faded red Western Railroad Kevin.  And the faded blue B&O Ed.  Some good old patina going on those cabeese!

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 21, 2020 7:18 PM

I found this one in an unnamed folder. I have no idea where I was when I took this picture.

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 21, 2020 7:46 PM

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I have no idea where I was when I took this picture.

How about the Barrow County Museum?

74 W Athens St, Winder, GA 30680

This one is at Pleasant Lake, Indiana, replete with a Christmas tree in the window!

 RR_views_4043 by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 21, 2020 8:38 PM

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How about the Barrow County Museum? 74 W Athens St, Winder, GA 30680

I think that is it.

Also... it seems I posted this caboose before... whoops!

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 21, 2020 9:20 PM

SeeYou190
Also... it seems I posted this caboose before... whoops!

Mine might be a duplicate, too. Maybe a new thread for 2021? Big Smile

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, December 21, 2020 10:07 PM

gmpullman
Mine might be a duplicate, too. Maybe a new thread for 2021?

Great idea... anything to wipe the slate of 2020 clean.

This year was just awful.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 10:24 AM

I like em! Stick out tongue

 

Ed,  Kevin,  You can never get too much of Red Cabeese!  And if you did post those before,  I probably wouldn't remember anywayLaugh

There's a reason they have that saying,  "Do a Double Take"  It applies when a good-looking woman walks by or a good looking Caboose is nearLaugh

 

Per your suggestions,  I will start over Road Pictures of Cabooses in 2021.

 

Thanks for posting

 

 

TF

 

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 6:47 AM

This one really IS road-ready!

 BnO_C2170_Burton-OH by Edmund, on Flickr

I was assisting the move from Burton, Ohio to our model railroad club in Middlefield back in 1998.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 6:56 AM

Sweet!!!

That must have been an Exciting Day to Remember EdYes

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 7:40 AM

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Sweet!!! That must have been an Exciting Day to Remember Ed

Aah, yes, indeed!

 BnO_C-2170 by Edmund, on Flickr

The fellow in the conductors uniform, rest his soul, is Joe Sullenberger. I miss that ol' fellow. He used to work on the Northern Alberta Ry. The young lady was a companion for a while Whistling

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 2:21 PM

I see you were a handsome devil in your youth as well Ed.  I must say that little sweetheart companion of yours was better-looking thoughWink

And what's the deal I've noticed that all conductors always look like conductors.

Osceola Railroad, Wisconsin 2019

Everything's a bummer about the pandemic.  Steve told me if I made it back over there this summer he'd let me drive the GP9 Soo Line locomotiveCrying

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, December 24, 2020 10:33 PM

Mark Hall Patton standing in front of a historical caboose.  I've always admired Mark.  He always knows!  That man's life is all about history and everything that goes with it.

He's a favorite of mine.  The Administer of the Clark County Museum and a member of the Henderson Historical Society.

Mark knows his history.  I catch clips and documentaries.  I'm grateful for people like this and always interested in what he has to say because he knows what he's talking about

 

 

 

TF

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