Lumber Company/Minarets & Western Railroad layout, but I
wanted to try something just for fun, and to see if I could come
up with something plausible. These will be used with log trains
on the freelanced component of our layout, the Tillamook Bay
& Beaverton, so our non-SPLCo trains hauled by articulated
tank engines or assorted geared locos can be appropriately
capped with cabeese.
In brief, TB&B #2, [1], started as an MDC “Shorty” Overland
combine to which I added a cupola, some extra windows and
finishing details. This model was inspired by Simpson’s caboose
as shown in [3] in a photo from the Martin Hansen collection.
Number 3, [2], also started as a Roundhouse/MDC kit, this one
a double-sheathed smooth-sided wood caboose. I removed its
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2. Caboose #3 has had its cupola removed and a side-
access cargo door added to make it more functional as
a piece of logging rolling stock.
Logging cabooses - 2
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3. It’s clear to see how this image of a Simpson timber
caboose was the inspiration for my #2. Photo courtesy
of the Martin E. Hansen collection.
cupola (guess where it went) and added a few extra windows
and a cargo door in the end once topped by the cupola. A few
extra details rounded out this project. This model is some-
what along the lines of Hammond Lumber #1 from the Glen
Comstock collection, [4], minus the cupola.
Caboose #2, get started
The Overland combine body, shown in more-or-less stock trim
[5], was already equipped with a cargo door, so I didn’t need
to add that part. Loggers also used a caboose as a crew trans-
port vehicle for moving the workers to and from the woods, so
seating was important. To suggest the extra passenger volume I
added three more windows to the car with two on the left and
one on the right. “Right” and “Left” refer to looking along the
MRH-Oct 2014
