305 Caboose

One of the Tidewater's World War II cabooses. The series 303-305 cabooses are reported to have worn silver and orange for a time. Only a handful of WP subsidiary cabs wore those colors, including at least one SN car. The 305 came to the railroad in 1943, rebuilt from a WP boxcar by the Jefferey Shops in Sacramento specifically for the TS. These are, so far, the only cabooses confirmed to have been rebuilt by WP specifically for a subsidiary. A story in WP Mileposts showcased the 305's retirement in 1959 and eventual acquisition by TS sectionman Lloyd Flinders after briefly being used as a coffee shop. The caboose spent the 1980's and 90's as a residence/canoe rental office at a mobile home park in Waterford, CA after having spent time as part of a Pizza Hut. In June 2003 it was purchased by the city of Modesto for restoration and display on the abandoned TS right of way in the north end of town. It was moved to a temporary storage facility in early July 2003.

Pullman, rebuilt by Western Pacific

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November 1916, rebuilt 1942(?)

Outside-braced Coupla Caboose

47 900 lbs

42 ft 4 in

9 ft 4-1/2 in

15 ft 7-7/8 in

31 ft 0 in

Arch Bar

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