Caboose SLSF 1144 Caboose SLSF 1144 is located in Frisco, TX. Photograph dated 4/7/1998. Edit 4/15/2024: Frisco donated the caboose to the city to celebrate the nation's Bi-Centennial in 1976. For a number of years it served as a museum then as the Chamber of Commerce office. The caboose has been relocated and is currently on display on a short section of track with a 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive. Just to the east is the Frisco's Ft. Worth Subdivision main line. It is adjacent to the Frisco Heritage Depot, 6499 Page Street, Frisco, TX 75034. Please see the following web site link. http://www.friscoheritage.org/heritage-center/1910-steam-locomotive/ Added a brief history, current location, address and web site link of the caboose. MKD
Please see the following links to views of Frisco caboose SLSF 1144. http://www.friscoheritage.org/about/frisco-caboose-1144/ http://www.friscoheritage.org/about/frisco-caboose-1144/caboose-relocation-restoration-preservation/ http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=449119 (7/6/2006) http://www.flickr.com/photos/photo-graphic-leigh/3429265653/sizes/l/ (end door detail) This is a vertical side steel cupola caboose. When constructed in 1946 this was considered a main line caboose. After the arrival of the all steel extended vision cabooses in 1957, this and similar cabooses in the class were demoted to local service cabooses. This caboose was built in the the Frisco's shops. The caboose was renumbered in 1968 when new computer systems were introduced on the railroad. The caboose was retired, donated to the city and moved into a city park in 1976 as part of the nation's Bicentennial celebration. The car had served as an office and museum for the local Chamber of Commerce. The caboose was moved from its former location in Centennial Park. It was relocated to the city's Heritage Village in 2006. The caboose exterior has been restored. It sits behind a former Lake Superior & Ishpeming (LS&I) 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type locomotive, number 19, on a short piece of track near the entrance to the historic site. This is just west of the Frisco's main line of the Fort Worth Subdivision. It is part of the historic displays for the Frisco Heritage Museum. Please see http://www.friscomuseum.com. The caboose location address is 6455 Page Street, Frisco, Texas. Please see http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...noid=ZFiGOL1uxz6hLOeKTWVlQA&cbp=12,60.96,,0,5. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Here it is in 2019. My pictures. Note this link. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMP4DV_Wooden_sided_Caboose_SLSF_Frisco_No_1144_Frisco_TX
