Hello, I have been looking for a picture of a Santa Fe Drovers Caboose on the Internet, but have found very little photos execpt for the “Blind End Caboose”. The only photo I found of an SF Drover’s Caboose is a Roundhouse version decorated in what appears to be some kind of excursion scheme.
Is this correct for Santa Fe ? Or did Roundhouse simply do a fictional scheme for a protypical model ?
The Roundhouse product number is #RND84321 and the caboose is #905 lettered “Cimarron”.
I think the “Cimarron” caboose is meant to be a 19th c. paint scheme, or at least someone’s idea of a 19th c. paint scheme. I would imagine a 20th c. ATSF drover’s caboose would be painted and lettered pretty much like a standard ATSF wood caboose of the same period.
So the caboose roundhouse made is wearing colors that are simply a figment of someone’s imagination? Looks good though, I’ll Probably use it as a tailcar on an excursion train behind my Roundhouse SF 2-6-0 #599. [:)]
IMAO, Roundhouse cabooses tend to stand out somewhat from the rest of the other manufacturers because they have “roof mounted jewel lights” on top of the cupola. (red as a taillight) (green as a position light).