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Caboose SLSF 1400-1442, SLSF 1700-1725, 1726-1735, 1776 - Diagrams, Drawings, Plans - Inquiry

Discussion in 'Caboose Diagrams' started by friscomike, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. friscomike

    friscomike Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Howdy folks,

    I have the diagram book purchased from the old Frisco Museum, but it does not have any of the home built caboose diagrams.

    Does anyone have access to them and would post them here in the appropriate series forum?

    I am especially interested in the Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar to caboose rebuilds.

    Best regards,

    Mike
     
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  2. craigh

    craigh Member

    Hello Mike,

    I might be able to get something on the cabooses your looking for as I am going back on Thursday to Springfield, MO.

    I will see what I can do.

    Also, I have a question for you.

    I am at Tyler, TX today 4/14/1909 and saw this at the rail yard, see photograph.

    Do you know what it might be?

    Thanks

    Craig
     

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  3. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    That most likely is a covered bulk storage bin for some solid material that is just piled up but needs to be protected from the weather.

    Ken
     
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  4. friscomike

    friscomike Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Howdy,

    That would be great, thanks for looking.

    The structure appears to me like one of the maintenance facilities used to store winterizing materials such as salt and sand.

    Best regards,

    Mike
     
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  5. craigh

    craigh Member

    Thanks guys for your help.

    I will get back to you on you caboose as soon as I find out something.

    I should get back to you by Friday or Saturday.
     
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  6. FriscoFriend (Bob Hoover RIP 4/12/2018)

    FriscoFriend (Bob Hoover RIP 4/12/2018) Passed Away April 12, 2018 Frisco.org Supporter

    Mike is right on the money!

    These types of buildings are prevalent all over along the Kansas Turnpike. They hold salt and chemicals for use in the winter. The modern form of an igloo!

    There are usually big highway maintenance department dump trucks lined up outside, a storage rack and winch where the removable salt spreader beds can be put on and taken off. The trucks can actually back inside to be loaded and unloaded.

    Down in Texas they probably are used more for sand storage.

    Bob Hoover
    FriscoFriend
     
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  7. SLSF Freak

    SLSF Freak Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Hey guys,

    Bumping this up because I am finalizing my version of a homebuilt extended or wide vision caboose.

    I was wondering if there are diagrams or blueprints out there that I have missed?

    I have scoured numerous images, used ratios and Pullman-Standard PS-1 boxcar dimensions but I do not think I could sleep if I was a couple feet off one way or the other - lol.

    Diagram below is destined for printing the cabooses in N-Scale.

    Anyone out there able to help with a schematic with dimensions?

    Cheers,

    Mike

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  8. Brad Slone

    Brad Slone Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Probably will not help much, but I have been working on a set of computer assisted drafting (CAD) plans that will probably end up in one of the magazines eventually.

    Brad Slone
     
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  9. Ozarked

    Ozarked Member

    Mike,

    My son just purchased a fancy 3D printer.

    Where are you on developing this file?

    I am curious on how your caboose printing has turned out.

    Ed
     
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  10. SLSF Freak

    SLSF Freak Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Ed,

    Things were going great, in fact I thought it was just about done, and then I noticed something odd going on with the underframe chassis piece.

    Pulled it out of the shell and it had bowed. I left it for a few more days for observation and the thing curled up like a banana! I had never seen anything of mine go that bad before. Obviously not good.

    So I started to experiment with different configurations of how the underframe chassis could be constructed to kill off the defect. You see, the flat side, the top, inside floor of the caboose, has less resin plastic than the underside with all the struts and supports. So there is an un-even curing rate causing one side to shrink more than the other.

    Normally for thicker pieces this would not be an issue. But this piece is long, flat and thin so the effect is amplified. The resin could also be a factor. Could be a combination of both resin and design. I will get it figured out.

    Long story short, I temporarily shelved it to continue work on a couple other projects while I ruminate over the chassis problem. I did come up with an idea to try over the break.

    Kind of different than what we are used to but different is not always bad in my book!

    Cheers,

    Mike
     
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  11. mark

    mark Staff Member Staff Member

    Giving this thread a bump to stimulate activity.

    We still need plans posted for these classes of cabooses.

    Could the 3D plans be made available as 2D scale drawings with dimensions?

    Could the plans be modified with its different car body side windows for the caboose SLSF 1776?

    Have plans been found or developed for the Frisco built bay window cabooses?

    What is the status of the resin printed caboose project?

    Are they currently available for purchase?

    Could these also be printed in HO-scale?

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks!

    Mark
     
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  12. Iantha_Branch

    Iantha_Branch Member

    Taking measurements on caboose SLSF 1714 has been on my to-do list for a long time.

    It never seems to make it far enough up the list to even make a plan for it.

    Would be hard to do by myself.

    If a group of us wanted to pick a day to take measurements, I could try to get permission from the right people to get up on the roof and or inside of it.
     
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