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

Southern Pacific Caboose

Class C-50-9

bay window type

SP #4700-4774

75 units built

The C-50-9's were the last cabooses to be delivered to the SP in 1980 from PACCAR. Visibly different to preceding classes, they have _no_ side windows at all.

Details:

• diagonally braced smoke-jack,
• minimal end-plate on the roof ends,
• square cornered bay and end windows,
• rounded corner end door windows,
• side windows are replaced by small rectangular vents,
• two battery box doors and axle-hung generator this side,
• air receiver under bay, no window(s), two louvered vents high up this side,
• full length straight sill with cut-out for the axle-hung generator,
• delivered with:
  • single 'bug-eye' marker lights,
  • aluminum-framed windows screens,
  • mineral red with orange bay ends and end walls, those upgraded after 1980 received orange stepwells,

Tom Jones caught the only Caboose to be painted for the 1983-85 ill-fated non-merger with the ATSF... in Roseville in 1987 and here is a shot of the other side of #4726. #4726 was also at one time painted for the SP RR Police Microscale Decals has released a sheet #87-469 or 87-496 that has decals for the #4726 SPSF Merger scheme.

Andy Hauser has contributed a C-50-9 Athearn conversion article.

Mainline Modeler has a set of plans for the C-50-9 in the issue of September 1986 on page 22.