Caboose SLSF 1110 Caboose and motor car speeder at Fort Scott, KS. Someone has painted on the caboose that it was built in Miami Shops 11-47 They have her locked up tight, so she will not escape!
It was built in the Miami, Oklahoma shops of the Northeast Oklahoma (NEO) Railroad. I would have to look but I believe they built around four of these cabooses in their shop. When the NEO was purchased by the Frisco they were repainted. However, the where built stenciling remained on the cars. I have pictures of them in NEO paint. John Chambers
Do not have to worry about that one being stolen or vandalized. I bet that fence would be electrified if possible.
Alas, ex-NEO caboose SLSF 1111 is now sitting at the Newburg Historical Museum, Newburg, MO. It has received so many repaintings that the "where built" lettering is long gone. At least it still looks good! Would like to see the pictures of these cabooses in the NEO paint. Ken
Caboose SLSF 1110, ex NEO Please see the following links for photographs of Frisco caboose SLSF 1110. http://www.frisco.org/vb/showpost.php?p=28038&postcount=15 (5/8/2010) http://www.frisco.org/vb/showpost.php?p=16613&postcount=1 (2/26/2009) http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=267095 (1/15/2006) http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=267096 (1/15/2006) http://www.frisco.org/vb/showpost.php?p=9449&postcount=1 (5/17/1997) 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. The caboose has been relatively well maintained over the years. Unfortunately, the newly added yellow paint accents at the roof eves on the upper car sides and ends and window frames are not prototypical. 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 1111 is in Newburg, MO and caboose SLSF 1157 (2nd) is in Longview, TX. The car located in the city's Fisher Park. This is on the south side of town, just west of U.S. Highway 69 (a/k/a Kansas Highway 7). The caboose sits on the west side of the road in a fenced area, adjacent to the Fort Scott Buck Run Community Center. This is just north of the city swimming pool and south of E. 7th St. To the west and across the highway are the Frisco's main line tracks of Ash Grove Subdivision. The location address is 700 Scott Ave., Fort Scott, KS. Please see http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...=MRT-s0_9qR1CW2D-aWPR1w&cbp=12,248.95,,0,5.09. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
