Nostalgia & History > A Western Pacific caboose visits Kansas

Trying to photograph some train activity from the platform of the Great Overland Station Museum (former Union Pacific) at Topeka, KS, in September of 1998, I was surprised to see a Western Pacific caboose at the end of an eastbound U.P. train that was headed to Kansas City. The caboose number was 443.

Looking back more than 19 years, I also see there was a shiny BN auto rack car just ahead of the caboose. Such a railroad scene would be hard to duplicate in 2008.

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thtinc41ed Wrote:
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> Looking back more than 19 years, I also see there
> was a shiny BN auto rack car just ahead of the
> caboose. Such a railroad scene would be hard to
> duplicate in 2008.

I think impossible to duplicate! Also I don't think you can find any more of those 2 deck open auto-racks anymore either!

Butch

Butch,we both had the same thoughts!