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Alco Rok-Am Southern Pacific Mountain.
Rebuilt with Walschaerts valve gear in place of the Baker gear as shown on the original model above. I have also modified the body to capture the look of the class towards the end of their lives
Paul Doggett
More SP doings by Paul
Right: Completed Westerfield kit of an SP Emergency caboose
These were rebuilt from B50-6 boxcars in the 1930s as the SP was short of cabooses; a total of 124 boxcars were rebuilt into cabooses, the vast majority but not all from B50-6s.
Below: holes drilled for grabs and handrails – about sixty #79 holes
The emergency cabooses lasted in service well into the late 1940s with some in use up to 1954. They were mainly converted during WW2 although a few were converted in the late 1930s and 1940
Above: All grabs and handrails fitted Left: Ready for painting
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