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Re: Caboose height....
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:42:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> Well, after posting and asking I discovered that one of the pictures I
> downloaded as a guide had the answer I was looking for.
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> On this page
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> http://CRCaboose.Railfan.net/classes/N-20.htm
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> there is a picture of a caboose right behind a box car
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> http://CRCaboose.Railfan.net/photos/DH35792.jpg
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> The main roof line of the caboose is below the roof of the box car, and
> the cupola barely sticks up above the box car.
Right. Which supports what people were saying, boxcars have gotten taller
since cabooses were designed. That caboose, even though it has modern features
like an extended vision cupola, is much older in general design than the hi-
cube boxcar it is behind. Dig up a picture of a circa 1920 boxcar and caboose
(I'm too lazy) and you'll see what I mean.
> By the way, did anyone check out the link I wrote about a couple of days
> ago? It was a picture of an SD40-2 driving down the middle of the street.
Yes. This is much less common than it used to be for safety reasons. But it
still is occasionally done and would make a nice LEGO model.
++Lar
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| (...) Hi Lar, Yeah, that is why I posted the link. You are right; cabooses used to be as tall as box cars, but now they are shorter. I am glad that they are shorter. The caboose I made looked horrible when I tried to make it taller. By the way, how (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| Well, after posting and asking I discovered that one of the pictures I downloaded as a guide had the answer I was looking for. On this page (URL) is a picture of a caboose right behind a box car (URL) main roof line of the caboose is below the roof (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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