Date
1 - 15 of 15
New Walthers wood caboose
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Mike Brock <brockm@...>
I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers
caboose, cupola on the end, 3 windows ahead of it. Lettered variously, it looks like a photo of a CB&Q [ I'm not saying that it is ] which it is lettered for. Anyone know anything about these? Mike Brock
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Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...>
Mike Brock wrote
I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' WalthersYes, they are incredibly overpriced. Barring that, I will send you a scan separately of a 3-window CB&Q caboose that is vaguely similar to the model. The biggest difference for me is the trucks. Also I can't quite tell from the model photo whether the roof is radial or peaked? http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-7500 Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Sterling, Massachusetts
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Gary Roe
Mike Brock asked:
I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers caboose, cupola on the end, 3 windows ahead of it. Lettered variously, it looks like a photo of a CB&Q [ I'm not saying that it is ] which it is lettered for. Anyone know anything about these? Mike Brock Mike, If I'm not mistaken, a Walters ad I saw concerning these said they were Grand Trunk prototype. gary roe
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Clark Propst <cepropst@...>
The Walthers caboose is a generic car that looks like a lot of cabooses.
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Hence the confusion. See the info in the lastest RMJ. Clark Mike Brock wrote:
I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers
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Stafford Swain <sswain@...>
Hi:
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It may well be a GTW caboose which a team of CNR/GTW/CV fans (including myself) covered in RMC a while back.
I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers --
Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 0K8 (204) 477-9246 sswain@...
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Stafford Swain <sswain@...>
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See my previous message. I too saw the same series of advertisements in MR as to a GTW caboose being an expected product.
Mike Brock asked: --
Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 0K8 (204) 477-9246 sswain@...
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Clark Propst <cepropst@...>
I have more caboose jpegs lined up to send Ted for his web site. Among them
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are DWP, GTW (center cupola) and WAB that are similar to the new Walthers car. I think Walthers did some nifty marketing with this model. Clark Stafford Swain wrote:
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Ray Breyer <rbreyer@...>
Speaking of new Walther's cabooses, has anyone seen one of their advertised
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wood, center-cupola, C&O prototype caboose models? They were announced at the same time as the "Roundhouse-clone" models, but Walthers hasn't released any pictures. Ray Breyer
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From: Stafford Swain [mailto:sswain@...] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 6:40 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] New Walthers wood caboose Hi: It may well be a GTW caboose which a team of CNR/GTW/CV fans (including myself) covered in RMC a while back. I noticed a new wood caboose in my hobby shop yesterday. A 30' Walthers
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scott459 <scott459@...>
RMJ says it's generic; it's so funky looking I'd rather know somebody really had some just like it. If Walthers really did an accurate model of SOMETHING, they ought to get the word out. ("Generic"-- and a match for NOTHING-- like their 50' SS auto car is just what we'd expect from Walthers.)
I haven't heard about any C&O caboose-- interesting! Out of our time span, but the Atlas and Athearn caboose ads in that same RMJ each have a significant mistake. I messed up Clark's name-- I thought he was the host of Freight Car Survivor. Scott Pitzer
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Clark Propst <cepropst@...>
Most Excellent Scott! People have so much trouble spelling and pronouncing my name I'm thinking of changing it to John Propst.
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Clark scott459 wrote:
RMJ says it's generic; it's so funky looking I'd rather know somebody really had some just like it. If Walthers really did an accurate model of SOMETHING, they ought to get the word out. ("Generic"-- and a match for NOTHING-- like their 50' SS auto car is just what we'd expect from Walthers.)
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skunkskunk2001 <fwj@...>
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I heard it was modeled after a GTW prototype too. However, I can't see most of the guys using this car as a stand-in for some other car with the high standards most of we folks have for freight car fidelity. Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana
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LAURANCE ROBERT KING <ab8180@...>
I saw the Walthers caboose the other day; it looks like the
GTW cabooses with steel underframe. The one thing I'm not sure of is the window spacing. As I recall (have to check my pictures) the windows on the GTW cab's were equally spaced. LR King
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Bill Daniels <billinsf@...>
RMJ probably dosen't have a clue...it looks to me very
much like a GTW van (funny...that's what Walthers said they were doing) and as such I probably will have to get a handfull (I grew up in GTW country, and worked for the Trunk in Pontiac one summer). I looked up some photos I had on hand and the Trunk did have some with a peaked roof on the car body and a round roof on the cupola. If Stafford Swain can get a hold of one he might have a comment...other than the photo I haven't seen one in the flesh as of yet... Bill Daniels Tucson, AZ [Non-text portions of this message have been __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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Kevin Slark <MoffatRoad@...>
All of the major dimensions are only a few inches out
for a D&RGW 01300-series wooden cab. However, the underframe and toolboxes are different as are the window frames. I see great amounts potential in the car. I'll have my cohort in the RGM&HS New Products department send over his review of the cars. Kevin Slark Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society New Products Editor Birmingham, AL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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Stafford Swain <sswain@...>
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The August 2002 MR's only Walthers ad (slow time of the year) shows the model. It is in fact a GTW caboose so they are dancing in Port Huron, Battle Creek, South Bend and other such places . . . .
RMJ probably dosen't have a clue...it looks to me very --
Stafford Swain 26 Kenneth Street Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 0K8 (204) 477-9246 sswain@...
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