Sumpter Valley Railway caboose number received a good deal of work in 2011. New roofwalks, new platform tension rods, and numerous minor repairs were topped off with a fresh coat of paint and lettering. Thanks to Jerry Huck, Taylor Rush, Steve Christy, Dan Robirds, Ben Titus, and Eric Wunz for completing the weekend rebuild on the number 5.
Caboose number 5 was built in the South Baker shops of the Sumpter Valley Railway in November of 1926. Used primarily in freight service for the majority of its career, the number 5 brought up the markers on the last mainline freight train in 1947. Sister car number 3 is also in the operable fleet of the Sumpter Valley Railroad and caboose number 6 survives in a private collection.
Caboose number 5 in service on the original Sumpter Valley in the 1940's.
Does the SV have the original blueprints (drawings) to the trucks that the cabeese were originally mounted onto when built? What make and model were those trucks?
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