I’ve searched what railroad rolling stock pictures I could find online and can’t find any good pictures of CNW’s Bay Window cabeese in the Safey Yellow with the ‘Safety First’ logo on them. Does anyone have any suggestions where to look or a shot they could email me? Thanks in advance!
Chicago & North Western Historical Society books are the best place to look for photos of all Chicago & North Western equipment.
Andrew
A good place to look would be on the CNWHS website.
They have a photo section you could browse thru.
Jeff
Dan,
The CNWHS did a good series in North Western Lines on the steel bay window caboose fleet in the 1986 issues of the magazine- you may want to check with them to see if back issues are available. The society website also has caboose shots on it in their photo section at http://www.cnwhs.org/- in addition to that the CNWHS publication CNW Final Freight Car Roster has several good caboose shots in it as well- it is very hard to find but worth buying if you find it.
I found this shot of CNW International bay window caboose 11125 with the “Safety First” slogan on it on www.rr-fallenflags.org -
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/cnw/cnw11125akg.jpg
There are a good number of CNW caboose shots on here but there are no thumbnails on the images so you’ll have to hunt and peck through the database to see the photo of the car. Other than that it is a fantastic site chock full of railroad photos.
Anything photographed after 1982 should be a rebuilt flag caboose in safety yellow with the slogans on the side- there really is no rhyme or reason to what slogans go on what caboose- so you’ll have to hunt around to find the right car with the slogan.
Dan,
if you ever have time to come up to new london theirs one displayed at the new london historical society. it was repainted when it was donated. it looks nice. ill have to get some pics sometime.
Try this website
It has a caboose photo section
http://www.drgw.net/cnw/cabooses/cabooses.html
Dave Nelson
Those are some neat links and shots guys. Thanks for the help so far!
Chicago & North Western No. 11217
This steel, bay window caboose currently resides at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Painted in safety yellow with accompanying slogans, No. 11217 is in excellent condition.
I guess I’m gonna have to fly to Green Bay!
From what I saw, living and working through the era of the rehabbed waycars, the “We originated SAFETY FIRST” was the slogan used on earlier rebuilds. A while into the program, the paint job began to include American flag decals and the slogan was changed to “Since 1848…PULLING TOGETHER for service and safety”. Since most of them seem to be done that way, the “Safety First” cars might be a bit harder to find.
And, yes, they were always “waycars” on the C&NW.
I sent Dan a low res photo I had of a CNW caboose here at the Beverly Yards and said I’d try to get a better photo of it later. I sent him a long silly story as an update and he suggested I repeat it here… Soooo…
No photos YET! But… well… I think I will bore you with the details!!!
First I had trouble FINDING 35-mm film of an acceptable type! It’s a digital world now and, personally, I think that is a sad thing (and I have to admit that I actually have been an advocate of it… sigh!). Digital will NEVER have the resolution of analog… digital sound or digital video just never has the quality of the analog world.
I wanted to use 200 or 400 speed film and only 12 exposures if I could get it. The only film I could find at the drugstore was 100 or 600 at 36 exposures in FIVE Packs!.. an awful lot of pictures for just a couple of shots of a caboose! No offense, but this is just for someone I don’t know… what else do I want photos of in a hurry, to take THAT many photos, in some timely manner, for this person!
Anyway, Wal*Mart has ONE (count 'em… 1) single roll of 35-mm film on the rack that I think will produce an acceptable photo resolution. 200 speed, 24 exposures.
THEN, I figured that since I had not turned the camera on for about 8 years, the battery surely must be toast by now… hopefully it hasn’t leaked all over the place. I could not remember what kind it took. I vaguely remembered it being a small slug of a thing of some oddball voltage and probably very expensive, even if I could find one!!!
Well… just where did I leave the camera??? After about 20 minutes of wandering around the house saying, “Nope, not here.” and scratching my noggin, “Where did I used to put it?”… I found it right where I left it… Now I even remember putting it there, thin
Here is the Jefferson Junction waycar, photographed in April. Looks to be Safety Yellow, with the Safety First on it.
Car is CNW 10958. I can email a bigger, better picture if you like.