Hello everyone. I have a question about caboose SLSF 1164. After looking at all the fine information here I was under the impression that the 1100s were all ex-ATSF cabs. But on Mike Condren's web site "Frisco Railroad" he shows a photograph of caboose SLSF 1164 which looks like an east coast style. Please see the following link. www.condrenrails.com Anyone have any info on this caboose? Thanks, Mike P
That is one of the cabooses the Frisco got when it acquired the Northeast Oklahoma (NEO) Railroad. Do a search for NEO using the search tab on this forum to find out more. Bob Wintle Parsons, KS
There is even an HO construction article in one of the Frisco Modelers Information Group (FMIG) Newsletters posted here. I was the author. Doug
Indeed! Newsletter #12, pages 2-8, has an article on modeling the former 1100-series cabooses. It also includes a drawing of an interior floor plan on page 4 and numerous photographs of various 1100-series prototypes, not to mention Doug's caboose SLSF 1145, and Glenn Young's model of caboose SLSF 1152. Please see the following link. https://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/fmig-newsletters.1665/page-2 As a side note, I am making headway on the FMIG Newsletter index. Thanks to Ken Wulfert for "priming the pump," I am through NL #17 and hope to start providing individual posts for individual newsletters, along with a master index. Stay tuned. Best Regards,
Chris, the article in NL 12 was for modeling the ex-AT&SF 1100's. The article for HO modeling of the four ex-NEO center-cupola cabooses was in issue 36, downloadable from: https://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/fmig-newsletters.1665/page-4 That model won some awards. Doug
Whoops, thanks for clarify, Doug. I need to read more carefully and finishing indexing the remainder in order to cure kneejerkis reactionitis. Is it safe to say that you are probably dealing with less snow now in Ann Arbor, MI than you would be shoveling in Annapolis, MD? Off to look at Issue 36! Best Regrds,
Caboose SLSF 1164 The caboose was photographed at Viburnum, MO. It is on the lead line that ran from Cuba, MO to Buick, MO. Caboose SLSF 1164 is a non-extended-vision center cupola caboose Here are some pictures of the real x-ATSF Frisco 1164. On the Cuba to Buick lead line SLSF 1164 http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rslist.aspx?id=SLSF&cid=1 #1164 There were two Frisco cabooses numbered SLSF 1164. The other one had a side door express baggage compartment, was longer, had outside braces and the center cupola was different. https://condrenrails.com/Frisco Catalog/Caboose.htm Caboose SLSF 1164. Administrator: Incorrect, this is a former Northeast Oklahoma (NEO) caboose. It was originally numbered on the Frisco as SLSF 164, renumbered to SLSF 1164. It is not an ex-ATSF caboose. The ex-ATSF cabooses were near end of car cupola cabooses.
Hay Karl, Thank you for sending me the kindly tip to search. I appreciate it. I thought Mike Condren was the best with his photograph of caboose SLSF 1164. https://condrenrails.com/Frisco Catalog/Caboose.htm Now I know Karl is best and Mike is second place. And you are #1! Every where I found on frisco.org it said 1000s, including SLSF 1164, were ex Santa Fe. Now I know that Frisco had more than one caboose SLSF 1164. And there are others around with the same twin numbers also. I would think that is not a good practice by a railroad. We would never do that where I worked for 36 years. So caboose SLSF 1164 is also a paint and another interesting locomotive also. Maybe there are other types of 1164 running around the Midwest also ? Hope your new assignment is as interesting as your past adventures. We love those stories. Do you have to do core drillings from a little shaky boat any more? Thanks for you kindly help as always. I appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.
