Caboose SLSF 1150. Photographed at Rolla, MO Photograph dated September 1968. I took these while attending the University of Missouri Rolla (UMR). This is my first attempt at posting on this site, so patience please. Tony
Fantastic, thanks for sharing. I would give a months pay to be able to travel back in time and go there for a few hours.
Ken, yes, east of Rolla, MO. The local freight at that time used these wooden cabooses. I have no idea why only one marker light. Tony
Thanks. I thought it was east of the U.S. 63 Highway exit, recognized it. There is a small but fairly deep ravine along there on the highway side of the tracks. I used to hike up there with my 22 and just fire away at stuff down in the ravine. That is the only place I ever killed anything with my rifle. Blew away a crawfish. Felt bad about it after! K
Hi Tony, Great pictures! Below is a picture of the displayed caboose SLSF 1150. Is this the same Frisco caboose SLSF 1150 as shown above? At sometime later in its service, from the photograph above, this display caboose SLSF 1150 has a widow removed and a side loading door was added a 8' baggage compartment near the end opposite the cupola. That may have something to do with its later service route. End handrail is the same as photograph above. This end door looks like a replacement as it does not have small door panels. Displayed without ladder and roof walkway. Likely removed for safety reasons. Caboose Group 2b Included in this group is one subset that featured a sliding side door and 8' baggage compartment near the end opposite the cupola. Car known to have been renumbered include SLSF 1150. From Frisco Caboose List http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/frisco-caboose-series-slsf-1100-1199.3736/#post-25035 On the list I do not find a 2nd caboose with the same 1150 number. Notes: No 1st and 2nd designation in brackets. Brackets were not shown by 1150 on the list. The 1st and 2nd designation in brackets following the caboose number indicate the first and second time the same car number was applied to a Frisco caboose. Keep Cimarron River going Best regards, Charlie End view of Frisco caboose SLSF 1150, on static display, Osceola, MO. The side and end doors look like replacements, the originals likely became rotten. No small door panels now. Same for the baggage compartment door. Look like Frisco trucks. Same roof slope, visor shields and 2 centered panels on cupola front and back. This may have been repainted later as a brighter red. =
I have no idea if that is the same car as my photos from 1968. Looks like the displayed car has been heavily modified. Thought I saw somewhere that removal of ladders and roof walks did happen to some cabooses in 1970s.
Not the same caboose. The caboose in Osceola, MO was a side door caboose with baggage express compartment from the beginning. It was originally caboose SLSF 103. There is a picture on Mike Condren's website of the Osceola caboose in service. Please see the following link. http://condrenrails.com/Frisco Catalog/Others/FR557.jpg
Even caboose expert Mark is confused about this other 1500. Respected author and modeler Richard E. Napper has an interesting article on Frisco side door caboose SLSF 1150. In the article the heritage of the caboose prior to the 1968 system renumbering is indicated as car SLSF 139. Mike Condren on his Frisco website has a photograph of a similar style side door caboose SLSF 103. This is the fifth photograph down, dated 4/1962, taken in Aurora, MO. Please see http://condrenrails.com/Frisco Catalog/Caboose.htm. Further, there was a preserved caboose SLSF 1139 located at the former Frisco Museum in Springfield. Was this the former SLSF 139, renumbered to SLSF 1139? Unfortunately, after the demise of the museum this car is now on the missing list. This raises several questions. Was there more than one side door caboose of this design? Was SLSF 103 renumbered to SLSF 139 and later SLSF 1150? If anyone can provide additional information or photographs to help clear up the mystery, please contribute. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
