Hi, all!!! I am a new member to this forum and was just wondering if somebody could answer the following questions about frisco cabooses: One---Were any former frisco cabooses repainted into Burlington Northern's Cascade Green color scheme (and if so, then which ones, if they are known--------)??? ; And, Two---Are there are former frisco cabooses that are still in use by BNSF (i.e., are still on the BNSF roster of active equipment)??? Thanks for any and all replies!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Beem, Topeka, Kansas. (P.S.---I am very good friends with a gentleman who used to work as a sectionhand for the frisco in Burrton, Kansas when he was younger.)
Does anyone have any information relating to the wood side-door cabooses the Frisco built? I am looking for lettering information and the number series. I have the Hallmark model and would like to letter it correct. Thanks in advance.
In a two part article in Diesel Era, Greg Sommers describes the "Waycars" of the Frisco is the last years of operation. In over 40 years of studying the Frisco, I have never heard Frisco cabooses referred to as "waycars". Has anyone ever heard this term used referring to Frisco cabooses?
Never! I remember right after the merger, someone from Springfield was transfered to Galesburg and he made the comment that he was going to teach them that they are cabooses not waycars. Engines, not units. And chat cars, not ballast cars. units, waycars and ballast cars.
I resently went to sliver dollar city I know the train is narrow gauge and not actualy frisco but there was a caboose that they say hobos moved in and it looked two big on the ends two be narrow gauge and I was wondering if it was a actual frisco or just a prop for the ride.
SOME RAILROADS SERVED BRANCH LINES THAT DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE SUFFICIENT RIDERSHIP FOR A PASSENGER TRAIN. THEY OFTEN USED MIXED LOCAL FREIGHTS WITH A PASSENGER CABOOSE OR COMBINE. SINCE THESE CARS DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE ROOM FOR THE MILK CANS, FREIGHT, BAGGAGE, MAIL, AND ICE REQURED, THE CARRIERS SOMETIMES USED A BOXCAR AHEAD OF THE PASSENGER CAR, REFERED TO AS A "WAYCAR", "MERCHANDISE" CAR, "PRODUCE" CAR, DEPENDING ON THE CARRIER AND THEIR PRIMARY USE. THESE CARS WERE SOMETIMES RADOM EMPTY BOX CARS PULLED FOR THE JOB, BUT SOME RAILROADS USED DESIGNATED CARS THAT HAD END DOORS, SIDE-STEPS, WINDOWS, DESKS, AND EVEN STOVES ADDED TO THEM. THE TERM "WAYCAR"(ie. WAYBILLS FOR LCL FREIGHT) SEEMED TO BE THE MOST POPULAR NICKNAME FOR THESE CARS AND I BELIEVE THAT THE TERM THEN MOVED BACK TO THE SIDE-DOOR CABOOSES BEHIND THEM AND FINALLY STUCK TO CABOOSES IN GENERAL.
