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ACF Cabooses Built for SP and T&NO (as C-30-4) in 1947 - Any Built for Other Roads?

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ACF Cabooses Built for SP and T&NO (as C-30-4) in 1947 - Any Built for Other Roads?
Posted by Attuvian on Saturday, April 4, 2020 12:20 AM

American Car & Foundry built 35 cabooses for SP (and 15 for T&NO) in 1947 that were designated as their class C-30-4.  A couple of years later ACF send the parts for more that SP assembled themselves as C-30-5s.  Back on September 15, 2017 I made a post in this forum under "Early SP Bay Window Cabooses in HO?".  What I was looking for then was a plastic version of any of the -4, -5, or -6s.  I discovered that Challenger put them out in brass.  But they're not ever likely to be in my league.

What I failed to ask is this: Did ACF build an identical or similar caboose in the late 40s for any other railroad?  I might not be willing to track down and spend the bucks on something in brass, but I'd be glad to repaint and reletter a plastic model for some other road!

Thanks,

John

P.S. I would also like to track down any plastic C-40-1 or -3 (all-steel cupola cabeese) that might have been made in HO

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Posted by "JaBear" on Saturday, April 4, 2020 3:05 AM
Gidday John, don’t know if you’re up for hacking and bashing, but about a third of the way down this page, it reads that an Athearn BB bay window caboose can be the start for a kit bash.
 
 
Info on the C-40-1 is further down the page.
 
Cheers, the Bear.Smile

"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."

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Posted by Attuvian on Saturday, April 4, 2020 8:47 AM

Whoa, Bear. This is rich!  Tony Thompson strikes again.  Printing out the whole page and saving it to my favorites as every class at the top is clickable, too.  Good on ya', Mate!

John

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