Back in March of 2018 the Arizona Southern decided to create a standard steel caboose design. We had settled on some used bay window cars acquired from Southern Pacific. The painting and other work was not a priority so only got done as time allowed between more pressing projects. The first of the two planned cars has finally hit the rails and is presented here.
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| Arizona Southern 6033, seen here fresh from the shop, well sort of. |
A few shortcuts were taken and this is where we wound up. Most of the real work was in extending the roof overhang to something a bit closer to reality. I never used to notice this, but now I see it almost instantly on non corrected Athearn caboose models. I'm just happy that most of the other dimensions are a lot closer to what they need to be, otherwise we'd still be looking for a "modern" caboose car style. Really did not want to go with a wide vision after hearing all the Santa Fe rails complain about the ride and the noise. So some used C-40-4's are what was needed.
John Huey
