When did Santa Fe start using red bay window cabeese?

[michael_balcos]

I'd like to know the year when Santa Fe started to have bay window cabeese in the red paint scheme with the emblem? Or did they not have bay window cabeese?

[Puddlejumper]

I'm no ATSF expert... but the words Bay Window caboose and Santa Fe just don't go together in my world. The only ones I ever saw were the offset cupola style. Don;t know if they ever owned bay window cabooses.

[steinjr]

Santa Fe Cabooses (cabeese ? :-):
http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars/
A quick perfunctory scan didn't show any bay cabooses.

Wikipedia entry on Bay cabooses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose#Bay_window_caboose

Actually - the Santa Fe had a few bay window cabooses: http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars/ce13.html, came from the absorbtion of the wholly owned subsidiary Toledo Peoria & Western.

Smile,
Stein

[Mileswestern]

The ATSF only had one single bay window caboose, an experiment they tried in the late 1970's and early 1980's. I believe it was built by International Car Company, it didn't last long. The TP&W also rostered a handful of bay window cabooses, but the ATSF never used them.