Re: Replica 215/212 = "Foamers' Caboose" . . . 
| January 25, 2017 03:42PM |
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Frolin Wrote:
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> Interesting note I've wondered about with the
> D&RGW 215 / 212... did the Rio Grande con-
> sider and use it as a Drover's Caboose ?
> . . . So... maybe it's just the model railroaders
> who call it the 212/215 a "Drover's Caboose"
> when on the Rio Grande, it was not ?
Right, Frolin -
That's why I said "so-called Drovers' Caboose", as SFAIK on the D&RGW that was not its purpose, but on mid-western roads with long hauls for livestock that was the primary use for similar cars. SFAIK, #215/212 was an 'accommodation car' or 'multipurpose car' - used as a caboose, for l.c.l. cargo, and (less and less often) for passengers.
To be REALLY correct, if a replica were built to accommodate two dozen or so of us Phraud-O-Graphers at the end of a Phraud-O-Phreight, a more appropriate moniker would be 'Foamers Caboose' . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> Interesting note I've wondered about with the
> D&RGW 215 / 212... did the Rio Grande con-
> sider and use it as a Drover's Caboose ?
> . . . So... maybe it's just the model railroaders
> who call it the 212/215 a "Drover's Caboose"
> when on the Rio Grande, it was not ?
Right, Frolin -
That's why I said "so-called Drovers' Caboose", as SFAIK on the D&RGW that was not its purpose, but on mid-western roads with long hauls for livestock that was the primary use for similar cars. SFAIK, #215/212 was an 'accommodation car' or 'multipurpose car' - used as a caboose, for l.c.l. cargo, and (less and less often) for passengers.
To be REALLY correct, if a replica were built to accommodate two dozen or so of us Phraud-O-Graphers at the end of a Phraud-O-Phreight, a more appropriate moniker would be 'Foamers Caboose' . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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