05-13-2010, 12:06 PM
Hmmm - Santa Fe prototype. I have a couple of old Santa Fe Cabooses, one of which has been stripped down:
![[Image: CIMG0249.jpg]](http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp124/steinjr_1965/warehouse/CIMG0249.jpg)
The Santa Fe cabooses are surplus - I was not planning to use them for anything - just got them in a box of other stuff I got a while back. Wouldn't cost me anything to try to modify one of the old Santa Fe cabooses to look more like the GN caboose.
GN caboose looks like this:
![[Image: GNX294Caboose1.JPG]](http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/images/cabooses/GNX294Caboose1.JPG)
Side look pretty good. The leftmost of the three windows should have been closed and a new third window cut closer to the end. But the window frames would be hard to get right, so maybe leave that as it is.
Rear platform window - close off small left window, make a bigger window the same size as on the other side of the door.
Cupola - has curved front (and read) with two windows, should have had straight front without windows - just louvers. Cut straight across the roof down to the roof, make new straight front and rear on the cupola. See if I can get some louvers off anything I am not planning to use?
Side of cupola - just one window instead of two - but maybe let that ride, too.
Shorter distance from end of cupola to end of car at short end. Again - let it ride.
Mmmm - I am going to go play a little with that and see how it works out. The cabooses I ordered won't be here for at least a week, anyways. Maybe more, if that Icelandic volcano keeps acting up :-/
Smile,
Stein
The Santa Fe cabooses are surplus - I was not planning to use them for anything - just got them in a box of other stuff I got a while back. Wouldn't cost me anything to try to modify one of the old Santa Fe cabooses to look more like the GN caboose.
GN caboose looks like this:
Side look pretty good. The leftmost of the three windows should have been closed and a new third window cut closer to the end. But the window frames would be hard to get right, so maybe leave that as it is.
Rear platform window - close off small left window, make a bigger window the same size as on the other side of the door.
Cupola - has curved front (and read) with two windows, should have had straight front without windows - just louvers. Cut straight across the roof down to the roof, make new straight front and rear on the cupola. See if I can get some louvers off anything I am not planning to use?
Side of cupola - just one window instead of two - but maybe let that ride, too.
Shorter distance from end of cupola to end of car at short end. Again - let it ride.
Mmmm - I am going to go play a little with that and see how it works out. The cabooses I ordered won't be here for at least a week, anyways. Maybe more, if that Icelandic volcano keeps acting up :-/
Smile,
Stein