Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Baby Caboose

We saw this unusual caboose at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis last week. The short body on the standard caboose frame allowed for a very large end platform. Number 13889 was built by Missouri Pacific Railroad at their Desoto, Missouri shop and the interior was finished at their facilities in Sedalia, Missouri. It was one of 350 completed from 1977 – 1981, and one of the last cabooses Missouri Pacific built. While the boys thought is was a baby caboose, and it is based on a short haul transfer caboose design, this model actually served on the main line until its retirement.

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