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This is the 2nd volume in a series on SP freight cars. It covers just one car type, the caboose. The era is from 1871 through 1980. The book contains an extensive array of rosters, photos and drawings of the major car classes, along with other material as available, such as construction photos, publicity photos, lettering drawings, and so forth. Survival of the cars over the years is presented, as are numerous photos of the cars in service. "The book opens with an introductory section of background information, then covers the early wood cabooses (1871-1917), the massive number of Class C-30-1 cars of the 1920s, additional wood cars, and the all-steel cupola cabooses built from 1937-42; the bay-window cars, first the early 30-ton cars just after World War II, then the 40-ton cars of the 1960s, and the 50-ton cars built up until 1980. A separate chapter describes the various caboose conversions, from box cars, passenger cars, and locomotive tenders (into yard cabooses). "Freight car history has a number of dimensions. Built dates, car numbers, car characteristics are only the bare bones. Also of importance are reasons for construction of a particular car class and exploration of its design heritage, and indications of the longevity of the class, culminating in rebuilding or scrapping. This book endeavors to offer much of this type of history for the caboose fleet of the Southern Pacific. "Cabooses represent an essential part of the history of any railroad. The book's 681 photos (102 color) of SP cabooses, most from company and museum archives and never before published, 17 drawings, extensive rosters, and bibliography make it unusually complete." "SP freight car historian Anthony W. Thompson has authored magazine articles on many SP cars, as well as researching and writing the car section of the book, 'Pacific Fruit Express', previously published by Signature Press, as well as Volume 1 in this series on gondolas and stock cars
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Southern Pacific Freight Cars Volume 2: Caboose
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