Yes, for the most part. Reading was indeed it, not just the lettering. Lehigh Valley also had them, I do not know the mfr. In later years, Rock Island bought 5 of them from LV.
Dave Engle --- On Wed, 5/15/13, John Claudino <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Claudino <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Prototype for AF caboose To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 8:23 PM List, Is there a prototype for the AF cupola/bay window caboose? Thank you. John Claudino On May 15, 2013, at 6:18 PM, shabbona_rr wrote: "S"cenery Unlimited has (or did have) a Santa Fe caboose kit that might make a good starting point. boB Nicholson ____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.hawley@...> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bud Rindfleisch > > At the recent Spring Spree, there was a nice kitbash of a Wabash steel > caboose using the "streamlined" Am Flyer cupola from their bay window > caboose.. . . . . . . .Did anyone else see this?. . . . . . . > > Yes > > Know where there would be scale plans for these cars? > > A friend of mine has made a bunch of them, using the roof from the AF cupola > & bay-winow caboose and everything but the roof from the Industrial Rail > caboose. No scale plans were used that I know of, but of course he did refer > closely to photos of Wabash & Ann Arbor cabooses. > > The IR caboose itself came in 3 paint schemes and was a good starting point > for S scale ATSF and BN cabooses. The Chessie-painted version ws pure foobie, > as far as I could learn. > > Both caboose bodies are still around and can be found. > > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan >
