Its amazing how the attention to detail drifts from the late 1890's to the late 1970's. By 1970's, its all mass produced designs. I saw a caboose built in the earlier 20's and it was more ornate. You see the same in housing and architecture. The minimalist approach really made things plain. :)

Rich

Really love these - we saw them some years ago on the west coast of Canada, in just about every place we stopped.....

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There is an outside chance you might have seen this one, if you were in any area served by Canadian National RR. This caboose was originally built for them.
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Gosh, I should have scraped my initials on -
ONLY KIDDING :-)

The paint looks good, but I guess it's been repainted for the museum?

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We did a repaint job last fall. This is a fairly new caboose. It was built in 1971 for the Canadian National Railroad.