Here are some sources for photos of the caboose SLSF 1776. Books 1) BN Caboose Book, Page 154, in Mandarin orange and white. 2) Cabins, Crummies And Hacks, page 19. 3) Rails, Rivalry and Romance, page 453. 4) Frisco in Color, page 128. Magazines 1) Trains, 11/1972, page 17. 2) Trains, 2/1973, page 13. 3) CTC Board, 9/1999, page 34. 4) Frisco Museum, All Aboard, 3/1989, page 5. Happy hunting! Roger
Anyone have a photograph of the American Bicentennial Frisco caboose SLSF 1776 and the Seaboard Coast Line locomotive SCL 1776? Please contact. jimsatur@msn.com
Caboose SLSF 1776 in 2002? I just received an e-mail from Roger Kirkpatrick via Mike Farley concerning SLSF 1776 - BN 11711 on display near the tracks on the west side of town in Hillsboro, ND. It will be about 6 weeks before I can check it out. I will keep you posted! Roger
Caboose SLSF 1776 Caboose SLSF 1776 on the caboose track at 19th Street Yard, Kansas City, MO. It is hard to believe that the caboose SLSF 1776 began life as a Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar. The Frisco was one of the first railroads to catch the American Bicentennial fever, skipped a whole bunch of numbers, and painted one its new re-builds in this patriotic scheme. My father said the the SLSF 1700s were rough-riding and that crews preferred the SLSF 1200 class cabooses.
Attached is a photograph of caboose SLSF 1776 in its American Bicentennial paint at Pensacola, FL on August 11, 1978. Rick Morgan O'Fallon, MO
Please see the following link for a roster shot of caboose SLSF 1776. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tramwayjohn/265419728/sizes/o/ This was one of 4 cabooses painted by the Frisco to help celebrate America's Bicentennial. It was unique as the only caboose to carry this patriotic paint scheme that included stars, a flag and the seal of the United States of America. Nice details include the 2 white coonskins on the side sill at the ends of the truck bolsters, the red coonskin on each of the end eves, the 13 stars on the large stripes - 7 on the red stripe, 6 on the blue stripe, the "waving" American flag on the far right and the contrasting color handrails and grab irons. This caboose toured the system along with a Seaboard Coast Line General Electric (GE) U36B and two Santa Fe baggage cars decorated in a similar paint scheme. The baggage cars carried historical documents to help celebrate the 200th year anniversary celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Please see the following links for photographs Frisco caboose SLSF 1776. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tramwayjohn/265419728/sizes/o/ http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=140787&nseq=43 (11/15/1973) http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/slsf1776.jpg (overhead shot, 1976) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1546820 (8/11/1978) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=124842 (7/11/1979) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=454178 (3/1/1981) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1263646 (8/2/2008) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1749707 (7/27/2009) http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1706631 (8/4/2009) This was the prototype and test bed caboose, and the first (1st) one constructed, for both the SLSF 1700 and SLSF 1400 series cars. The car was constructed from a car body and frame from a former Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar, SLSF 17887. It shares most all characteristics with the later cabooses, with the exception of larger square side windows mounted within the sidewalls. The later cars had exterior surface mounted rectangular aluminum frame windows. This is one of the of the Frisco built cabooses intended for road and pool service. When released in 8/1972, it was painted in a special paint scheme. This was one of 4 cabooses painted by the Frisco to help celebrate America's Bicentennial. It was unique as the only caboose to carry this patriotic paint scheme that included stars, a flag and the seal of the United States of America. Nice details include the 2 white coonskins on the side sill at the ends of the truck bolsters, the red coonskin on each of the end eves, the 13 stars on the large stripes - 7 on the red stripe, 6 on the blue stripe, the "waving" American flag on the far right and the contrasting color handrails and grab irons. This caboose toured the system in a special train along with a Seaboard Coast Line General Electric (GE) U36B and two Santa Fe baggage cars decorated in a similar paint scheme. The baggage cars carried historical documents to help celebrate the 200th year anniversary celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. When released in 8/1972 it was one of the first pieces of railroad equipment in the country painted for the Bicentennial. It was repainted in 1978 into Mandarin orange and white. Caboose is currently in BN paint and lettering with blanked car body windows. The car is located in east central North Dakota. It is near the center of town, on the east side of the central business district, across from City Hall, just south of the town's Fire and Police Departments. It sits in a park on the west side of the railroad tracks, one block south of West Caledonia Avenue and just north of 1st Avenue Southwest. There is a a tall city water tower 2 blocks and large grain elevator complex one block to the north. From I-29, Exit 104, West Caledonia Avenue, head east 7 blocks to just before the railroad grade crossing and turn south on Main Street. The caboose will be on the left. A 1950s vintage "modern" brick depot is directly across the tracks east of the caboose. The location address is 76 Main St. Southwest, Hillsboro, ND. Please see http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...=2SO31iA2IG7bgwnILWm_CQ&cbp=12,86.47,,0,-6.01. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Any particular reason that July 1978 it is Mandarin orange and white, but in August it is bicentennial?
Caboose SLSF 1776 American Bicentennial gem SLSF 1776 in the caboose track at East Yard in Oklahoma City, OK in, let's see, when would that be?
During February 1976, the Frisco placed its fresh-out-the-shops contribution to the U.S. Bicentennial celebration on one of the former business car tracks at the depot in Springfield, MO. The caboose was open to the public, and contained photographs of Frisco steam as well as some of the new technology that Frisco employed, including the new cylindrical covered hopper cars. The fourth photograph view from the cupola of the empty depot is a bit depressing.
Thanks Karl, as always, for the great photographs and story. That is a nice interior and great seats for a caboose. Is not this the series of cabooses built from the Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcars?
Really nice Karl. That is looking toward the old South Side tool house. Way to go Tom, Put a little fire into this thread. By the way, I do not want anyone to think that I do not appreciate all the time and effort that some folks spend to make sure the models are accurate. I think it is great for some of you to spend time to help those of us who may not have the detail for new models. For me though, I am just glad and happy we have the Mandarin orange and white still available, it is more like a look at times gone by. It is great for me, my mom died when I was six, and I went to live with my grand folks. Course you have heard the story before, I went to pick up grandpa at the shops. In 1958 at age six I was on a first name basis with Norman Napier and Ralph Stracky. Grandpa always told my to check in before I came down to where the boilermakers were and I went in to wash my hands in the big basins in the wash room. That was after I ate any lunch grandpa had left over. Just a thanks, for all who help with the site and models.
Excellent photographs, and story! I was only barely 10 years old when the Frisco started disappearing under green. So all the photographs, and the stories are amazing to me. I do not care what anyone says, yes times were hard back then, I know. But life just moved at a slower pace, I think. Joel
Hearing it was out of the Paint Shop in Springfield, my father took me to see caboose SLSF 1776 in July of 1972. If I remember correctly, this is the first time the SLSF 1776 was rolled out into the yard to dry. Please forgive my father for the composition. I am glad I have digital TTL cameras now! Is the August, 1972 date that I read in the disposition thread an in-service date? SLSF Caboose 1776 American Flag by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM SLSF Caboose 1776 Side View by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:56 PM SLSF Caboose 1776 3/4 View by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:53 PM SLSF Caboose 1776 Opposite Side 3/4 View by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:47 PM SLSF Caboose 1776 Wide Vision Cupola by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:45 PM SLSF Caboose 1776 3/4 View by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:43 PM Caboose 1776 Cupola by jmoore16 posted Apr 21, 2017 at 6:40 PM
