Category: Cabooses

Carroll purchased a classic Fesco toy box caboose on eBay at an incredible price. Similar to #9 Carroll, he finished the toy box with a steel frame and short wheelbase trucks using the toy box’s plastic side frames as a pattern for aluminum castings by our friend James Hitzfelder. Ladders, railings, a brake wheel, and…

Based on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR bobbers of the late 1890s, Stephen designed a laser cut kit for this 1″ scale caboose. Stephen was attending the indoor live steam meet in Karlsruhe, Germany, in January 2015, and this caboose was the largest scale rolling stock that will fit in an airline overhead bin.…

Stephen obtained a classic Fesco toy box caboose. Carroll dressed the toy box with a steel frame and short wheelbase trucks using the toy box’s plastic side frames as a facade. This was the most common travel caboose for the T&NT until acquisition of the #11.

Stephen built this caboose in 2005. It is the most common travel caboose for the A&TC.

Carroll built this bobber as a Christmas present for Carolyn. This is the favorite travel caboose for the K&T.

Lee and Carolyn built this caboose from a Mountain Car kit. Here, we see it at the LOCO track in Oklahoma City  with newlyweds Stephen and Lori. It is currently in the A&TC shop awaiting restoration.

Carroll built this wide vision caboose with MKT lettering.

John built the frame and trucks. Carroll built the body. Here we see it just completed. It is currently owned by Carolyn and her Katy & Texas Railroad.

During an informal run day in 1994, Clarence King was running the mikado, taking advantage of the good track conditions that day. As he passed us, we observed the caboose was missing. On a track that is only 2600 feet long in a wide open field it should be easy to find a caboose. Clarence…

John Enders built this bobber and it was his most frequent travel caboose. He would normally load this bobber on top of two stacked gondolas. It is currently owned by Ken Rhodes of Wimberley, Texas.