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California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

Southern Pacific and
Texas & New Orleans Caboose

Class C-40-3

cupola type

SP #1050-1234

T&NO #400-429

215 units built

SP
1050	1051	1052	1053	1054	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059
1060	1061	1062	1063	1064	1065	1066	1067	1068	1069
1070	1071	1072	1073	1074	1075	1076	1077	1078	1079
1080	1081	1082	1083	1084	1085	1086	1087	1088	1089
1090	1091	1092	1093	1094	1095	1096	1097	1098	1099
1100	1101	1102	1103	1104	1105	1106	1107	1108	1109
1100	1111	1112	1113	1114	1115	1116	1117	1118	1119
1120	1121	1122	1123	1124	1125	1126	1127	1128	1129
1130	1131	1132	1133	1134	1135	1136	1137	1138	1139
1140	1141	1142	1143	1144	1145	1146	1147	1148	1149
1150	1151	1152	1153	1154	1155	1156	1157	1158	1159
1160	1161	1162	1163	1164	1165	1166	1167	1168	1169
1170	1171	1172	1173	1174	1175	1176	1177	1178	1179
1180	1181	1182	1183	1184	1185	1186	1187	1188	1189
1190	1191	1192	1193	1194	1195	1196	1197	1198	1199
1200	1201	1202	1203	1204	1205	1206	1207	1208	1209
1210	1211	1212	1213	1214	1215	1216	1217	1218	1219
1220	1221	1222	1223	1224	1225	1226	1227	1228	1229
1230	1231	1232	1233	1234
T&NO
400	401	402	403	404	405	406	407	408	409
410	411	412	413	414	415	416	417	418	419
420	421	422	423	424	425	426	427	428	429
T&NO post 1961
				314
							327
	331	332			335
340
					355
				364
			373
extras
335

see also: C-40-3 Photo Collection

C-40-3's were built by SP for SP and T&NO between 1940 and 1942. These were cupola types, numbered SP #1050-1234 and T&NO #400-429.

It has been stated for a long time that they were 16" longer, 7" narrower and 4" lower than the C-40-1's. However, in Tony Thompson's SP Freight Car Book Vol.2 Cabooses he finds that the external body dimensions were identical to the C-40-1.

Some were also fitted with Allied Full-Cushion trucks for a supposedly better ride, SP #1094-1099, 1140-1143, 1190-1199, and T&NO #425-429 had these as built, but were removed 1949-50 as they were maintenance intensive.

In 1954-55 eight cabooses received the special 'Trailer Flatcar Service' scheme, of silver paint and red/black billboard lettering. Of these eight, 7 were C-40-3's #1069, 1076, 1096, 1097, 1147, 1181 and 1201, (The other was C-40-1 #1031). These were used on the then new piggyback trains between Los Angeles and San Francisco and lasted into the 1960's.

C-40-3 #1192 was rebuilt with a bay-window in 2/1955 retaining its original number, another one-of-a-kind that was never repeated.

With the 1961 integration of T&NO, their cupola cabooses were renumbered into vacant numbers between 314 and 373.

These were the last cupola type cars built or bought by SP or its subsidiary's.

Lettering, paint and modifications are pretty well the same as for the C-40-1's.

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