Please see the following link for a photograph of Frisco caboose SLSF 1157 (2nd). This is the 2nd Frisco caboose to carry the number 1157. The 1st caboose to carry this number was rebuilt from a Howe truss boxcar with side door and baggage compartment. Originally it was SLSF 157. It became the SLSF 1157 (1st) in 1968 when the railroad added 1000 to its caboose numbers when a new computer tracking system was installed. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1414411 (1/10/2008) This is one of the former Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO) cabooses. It is one of four cars built to the same design during 1947 in the NEO's shops in Miami, OK. In its current condition the caboose has had its end steps and ladders removed. These cars were originally numbered NEO 53, 54, 55 and 56. After the Frisco purchased the NEO they were renumbered SLSF 162, 163, 164 and 186. After the 1968 renumbering they became the 1110, 1111, 1157 (2nd) and 1186 (2nd). The specific NEO to Frisco numbers assignment is not known at this time. At least 2 others of this design are known to exist. Caboose SLSF 1110 is in Ft. Scott, KS and SLSF 1111 is in Newburg, MO. The car is on the property of salvage and scrap metal dealer, Southwest Railroad Car Parts. This is on the west side of town, south of U.S. Highway 80 and Lake Harris. The caboose sits on the west side of the road behind 2 mobile home trailer office buildings. The location address is 151 Railroad Rd., Longview, TX 75604-7607. Please see the following map link. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...111,-94.830177&spn=0.000507,0.001365&t=h&z=20 and http://www.bing.com/maps/? Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
