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PSC Short Caboose Kit Decal Set
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Brian Jansky
Would anyone have the decal set for the PSC Short Caboose kit that they wouldn't mind parting with?
Thanks, Brian
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Mark Lewis
Brian, If you come up blank on your request, here, you can order a set from San Juan Decal Co. Mark Lewis Narrow gauge modeling in N.C.
On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:00 PM Brian Jansky <brianj844@...> wrote: Would anyone have the decal set for the PSC Short Caboose kit that they wouldn't mind parting with?
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Brian Jansky
Thanks Mark. That will be my backup plan. I got an order of ThinFilm decals in and had hopes their general 'white' set would have enough of the detail decals in it to complete the job but it doesn't. It is good to see the San Juan set does have what I need. Thanks for the link!
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John Stutz
Brian
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I have one i won't be using. Send me a US Mail address, direct reply. John Stutz
On May 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM Brian Jansky <brianj844@...> wrote:
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Robert Bell
John,
Are you planning on making a USA caboose out of it? If so, you will like the progress I have made on mine. I shortened the sides and frame 1 scale foot. Then realized at the cupola was also shorter (side view). The end windows were smaller than the kid's were also. I need to get back to working on this. Btw, I won't need my decals either. Rob Bell Waynesville, NC
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Lawrence Wisniewski <lwreno@...>
What is a USAcaboose?
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From: Robert Bell via groups.io <ionhoss@...> To: HOn3@groups.io <HOn3@groups.io>; John Stutz <john.stutz@...>; HOn3@groups.io <HOn3@groups.io>; Brian Jansky <brianj844@...> Sent: Tue, May 26, 2020 9:07 am Subject: Re: [HOn3] PSC Short Caboose Kit Decal Set John,
Are you planning on making a USA caboose out of it? If so, you will like the progress I have made on mine. I shortened the sides and frame 1 scale foot. Then realized at the cupola was also shorter (side view). The end windows were smaller than the kid's were also. I need to get back to working on this.
Btw, I won't need my decals either.
Rob Bell
Waynesville, NC
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Robert Bell
During WWII, the U.S. Army acquired several cabeese from Colorado narrow gauge railroads for use in Alaska on the White Pass & Yukon Route. They got two from the Colorado & Southern, and one from the Silverton Northern. The xSN caboose had been the D&RG 0556.
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The 0556 was originally a 16ft bodied 4-wheel job. Shortly after the turn of the last century, the caboose was one of a handful rebuilt into an 8-wheel cabeese. Others in this unique group were 0518, 0524, 0526, 0528, 0548, 0556, and 0559. When they were rebuilt, additional frame members were added and they sat higher on their trucks. Also, they did not have visible truss rods as the original truss rods were behind the original side sills. Each of these cabees had unique and distinguishing features and many changes were made to them over the years. After a wreck, the 0524, (which is the only one to survive as an 8-wheeler), was rebuilt again and thus became a one of a kind - 16ft body, 8-wheels, visible truss rods, with that "low-slung" look. Hope this explains what I meant by USA caboose...even if I did get sidetracked. Rob
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John Stutz
Rob
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That's a very nice start on yours. The USATC's ex. Silverton Northern caboose was ex. D&RG, so its the obvious possibility. But construction era photographs of the WP&Y include a few glimpses of the two 4-wheelers purchased from the Colombia & Puget Sound, as part of the original freight stock, They were soon replaced by Skagway built long cabooses, but the bodies hung around for decades, For instance, the current long steel Caboose cabin, located adjacent to the East Fork bridge at Denver, was preceded by a short caboose fishing(?) cabin set a little further up the river. I am not now certain if it was a former C&PS, SN, or C&S caboose, as it had long since burned when Carl Mulvihill told me about it in 1976. I hiked up to examine the remains, but there was nothing left above the half burned underframe, beyond a few iron rods. Another attractive possibility is the C&PS's long narrow gauge design, which had presumably sidelined the 4-wheelers before C&PS converted them to SG, along with the rest of the railroad in 1897. There were at least 9 of these, C&PS #812-20, later Pacific Coast(WA) 50-56, most retired around 1910, probably in favor of stell underframe cabooses. Best's "Ships & Narrow Gauge Rails", recently republished under another name, has a photograph of caboose 53 on SG trucks on p145, and I have purchased a few other photos from internet sources. These were quite attractive baggage door cabooses, very like Ward Kimball's ex. Pacific Coast(CA) ex. NCO caboose now at Orange Empire. And I suspect they were the prototype for Jack Work's article on constructing an HOn3 model of a side door caboose, published in MR about 50 years ago John
On May 26, 2020 at 6:07 AM Rob Bell <ionhoss@...> wrote:
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Brian Jansky
Many thanks John. PM was sent earlier today.
Brian
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Since we're discussing short cabooses, there used to be a 4-wheel C&S(?) caboose in Silverton, CO on display across the creek (and the freeway) from the entrance to the Georgetown Loop. The last time I was up that way as I recall it was gone - I believe the track section was still there.
Was I blind and just missed it on has it been move elsewhere? Thanks Bill Lugg
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Ken Martin
Bill,
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That would be Silver Plume not Silverton. Yes C&S 1006 is in Silver Plume, it has been moved into a building there and a group is in the process of restoring it. All though it is going very slow. Ken Martin
On May 26, 2020, at 8:49 PM, Bill Lugg <luggw1@risebroadband.net> wrote:
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Mick Moignard
Don’t you mean Silver Plume?
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Jim Marlett
The four wheel short caboose in Silverton wasn’t a C&S caboose. It was a former D&RG then Silverton Northern caboose. Here is a bit more about it.
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https://www.silvertonnorthern.com/equipment-roster.html Jim Marlett http://flatheaddrag.com/ http://jimmarlett.zenfolio.com/
On May 26, 2020, at 10:49 PM, Bill Lugg <luggw1@risebroadband.net> wrote:
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Yes, I meant Silver Plume...it was late in the evening and only a few neurons were left firing.
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Thanks for the info. Bill Lugg
On 5/26/20 10:34 PM, Ken Martin via groups.io wrote:
Bill,
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That car looks great. How close is the SN Engine house to the D&SNG operations? I haven't been up to Silverton in many years. Also, are those Link & pin couplers on the 1005? I can't really tell from the photo.
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Thanks for the info. Bill Lugg
On 5/27/20 5:51 AM, Jim Marlett wrote:
The four wheel short caboose in Silverton wasn’t a C&S caboose. It was a former D&RG then Silverton Northern caboose. Here is a bit more about it.
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John Stutz
Very welcome to it Brian.
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They were not something that I would ever have used. John
On May 26, 2020 at 6:26 PM Brian Jansky <brianj844@...> wrote:
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tonyk537
My HOn3 version of the 0548
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bassb04011
Looks great!
Brian
From: HOn3@groups.io <HOn3@groups.io> on behalf of tonyk537 via groups.io <Tonyk375@...>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 11:40 PM To: HOn3@groups.io <HOn3@groups.io> Subject: Re: [HOn3] PSC Short Caboose Kit Decal Set My HOn3 version of the 0548
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Lovely weathering!
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Robert Bell
Tony,
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