Re: Texas Special Caboose

turtle7OGR Forum Member

One of the TCA Divisions is offering a Texas Special caboose-one which would match nicely the F3s ( and others like the PAs) done by Lionel, MTH, Williams, etc. I presume that the combined MKT -Frisco Line Texas Special was always a passenger train-so this caboose is more of a fantasy piece. But just to be certain, I am asking you Texas Special fans/ expertrs out there to ensure that such a caboose was ever/never done in real life. It is really a nice looking car. Thanks in advance, turtle7

6/2/233:07 PM

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M. Mitchell MarmelOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

https://www.grahamstrains.com/...-Vision-Caboose.html

Snazzy, but a fantasy scheme, AFAIK.

Mitch

6/3/235:39 AM

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c.samOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

That link says "Your (my) connection was refused". Can you post the photo directly?

6/3/2312:49 PM

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M. Mitchell MarmelOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

https://www.grahamstrains.com/...?type=D&id=12834

6/4/231:02 AM

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M. Mitchell MarmelOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Grampstrains posted:
I think the caboose the original poster is talking about is being offered by METCA made by MTH.

That would be this, then:

Again, snazzy but not prototypical.

Mitch

6/4/2310:01 AM

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Texas Eagle 77OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Total fantasy

6/4/2310:28 AM

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Mister_LeeOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

To my knowledge, there never was a full-sized Texas Special caboose in real life. The Katy (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) and the Frisco (St. Louis and San Francisco), the railroads that ran the Texas Special, used their regular freight caboose schemes on their cabooses. But that can't stop you from having a Texas Special caboose on your railroad.

6/4/2311:20 AM

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NOT LionelLLCOGR Forum Member

@Texas Eagle 77 posted:
Total fantasy

That's probably why it's selling so well. Many prototypical cabooses are boring. This one is snazzy (thanks Mitch):

https://metca.org/store.html

Stu

6/4/2311:23 AM

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Texas Eagle 77OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@NOT LionelLLC posted:
That's probably why it's selling so well. Many prototypical cabooses are boring. This one is snazzy (thanks Mitch):
https://metca.org/store.html
Stu

To each their own.....

I find the constant supply of fantasy pieces mind numbing and totally boring.

This prototype model by Atlas of a Katy caboose also sold out. (I took these photos of my caboose)