Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
I am looking for interior drawings or sketches or descriptions of the interior of a caboose that was used in the late nineteenth century. Thanks.
—Malcolm Easton
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You might want to check a 19th century copy of the book entitled the Car Builder's Dictionary to see if there are any caboose diagrams.
From: kylewyatt@aol.com
The California State Railroad Museum Library has drawings with floorplans for several Southern Pacific and Santa Fe cabooses of the time. Also check the various Car Builder's Dictionaries: 1879/81; 1884/88; 1895/98. (Each edition was reprinted on the later date)
—Kyle Wyatt
Try Google Books for on line copies of several of the early editions of Carbuilder's Dictionary.
Dick Morris
Anchorage, Alaska
Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice
By American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads, Master Car Builders' Association
Published by Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp. [etc.], 1881
Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice
By Master Car Builders' Association, American Railway Association Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads Mechanical Division
Published by Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp., 1895
From: kylewyatt@aol.com
I found the following available for download (free) from Google Books as PDFs Car Builder's
1879 (the first one issued)
1881 (a reprint to 1879)
1888 (a reprint of 1884)
1895 (reprinted in 1898)
1906
I have not found the 1903, nor the 1909 and later Car Builder's.
I also found the 1906 Loco Dictionary (the first one issued), but no others.
I have not found Recent Locomotives (1883, expanded 1886), nor Modern Locomotives (1897, expanded 1901).
—Kyle
From: kylewyatt@aol.com
... I also see there is a 1903 edition that Google scanned from the University of Michigan.
—Kyle
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