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Chessie System Caboose Photos Anyone?

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Chessie System Caboose Photos Anyone?
Posted by E-L man tom on Thursday, August 5, 2021 9:13 AM

I'm planning on detailing (or re-doing) an Athearn BB Chessie System wide vision cupola caboose (yellow paint scheme). I wanted to go off prototype photos, from about the mid seventies. I went on all the railroad photo sites (Fallen Flags, RR Picture Archives, etc.), even did an internet search and the only photos that I could find were from about 2008. These photos showed just old, nearly rusted out, ready for the scrapyard versions of this car. Does anyone have a decent photo of the Chessie System yellow paint scheme wide vision cupola caboose that they could share with me?

Thanks 

Tom Modeling the free-lanced Toledo Erie Central switching layout.
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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, August 5, 2021 2:43 PM

I like to search Flickr sometimes:

 Chessie System caboose #C&O 3131 by rrradioman, on Flickr

 CO 903196 at Sterling, OH by Bruce Gage, on Flickr

 C&O 903158 by Mike Oaks, on Flickr

Hope that helps,  Ed

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Posted by E-L man tom on Thursday, August 5, 2021 5:04 PM

Ed, Thank you VERY much; very helpful. Even got a close-up of the end when dragging to a document (could even see one of the crew at the door!)

Tom Modeling the free-lanced Toledo Erie Central switching layout.

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