Re: West Side Lumber Caboose #4/6 - The Early Years

Thanks Martin and Tim: Your points are well taken. It is quite possible that the dates I copied from the old record book (in the Pickering safe at Standard) referred to the original, or older cabooses 3 and 4. The listing did not include any specifics as to length and as I was rushed, and had little time, I failed to record the cost figures that were of prime interests to the accountants.To be honest, I was more interested in copying an album of old WSF&L photos. As my Old Daddy said "Haste makes waste." But I was a kid, far from home and the old Kimball Hotel was not quite like home, even at $4 a night.

Tim: It would be nice if you could post those earlier caboose photos showing the same cars with different numbers and configurations. I think we would all gain a lot of knowledge from your discoveries. There were so many caboose cars coming, going and changing on West Side, often not being numbered at all.