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Re: Santa Fe caboose
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:51:26 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, David VinZant writes:
> > I just made a caboose for my Santa Fe. Check it out and tell me what
> > you think.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=12973
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> I always like seeing 7 wide cupolas because it validates my design of some
> years ago. Getting the cupola yellow is a great touch as well, very
> characteristic of late ATSF practice.
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> However I'm not sure about the curved roof. That seems sort of eastern road
> to me. (PRR cabin cars??) Do you have a proto photo that shows that much
> curvature in the roof? I'd go with a flat plate roof I think.
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> Nice work.
Hey Larry I did find this one picture. It may not be as dramatic of a curve
but it does have an arc to it.
http://www.walthers.com/prodimage/0140/01400000005394.gif
Dave
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| Dave, check out this pic: (URL) caboose roofs were more slope-like than rounded-curve, and pretty gentle at that. Here is one I did for reference: (URL) slope was so gentle that I choose not to even attempt it and went flat across (except for the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Santa Fe caboose
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| (...) They (the car manufacturers... Pullman Standard, American Car Foundry and others) took big pieces of steel and put them into huge 200++ ton presses and formed ribs and raised/lowered areas into them for strength. They rounded the ends so that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe caboose
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| (...) years ago. Getting the cupola yellow is a great touch as well, very characteristic of late ATSF practice. However I'm not sure about the curved roof. That seems sort of eastern road to me. (PRR cabin cars??) Do you have a proto photo that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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