Gwenloco Wrote:
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> Congratulations to the restoration crew and Jeff
> Taylor, this is a fine job. My brother Bob and I
> have spent some time studying this car collecting
> information for our own project, C&S caboose 1008.
> The museum has been very helpful providing many of
> the missing parts and drawings and historic
> information about our car. Including one of our
> most prized possessions an original sink and
> it’s pedestal with the C&S logo and part number
> cast on (thanks Jeff).
> Whoever did the lettering and C&S logo, a fine
> job, thank you.
> By the way, we haven’t given up on 1008.
> Although we have run into a problem mounting the
> pedestals square to the axles. This won’t allow
> the journal boxes to go into the pedestal jaws
> without binding. We think we have found a solution
> to this problem so once we get back to the shop we
> will continue adding a special wedge to square
> things up.
> Thanks again to the restoration crew for the
> motivation to get back to work.
> Richard Farmer
What is the back story on this caboose, I'm not sure if I have heard about you guys!
Wayne from Oz