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A two-axled "bobber" cupola caboose at the Colorado Railroad Museum, known for the uneven ride its lack of trucks created. Drover's cabooses looked more like combine cars than standard cabooses. The purpose of a drover's caboose was much more like a combine, as well.
The society owns and is in the process of restoring: former NYO&W "Bobber" Caboose #8206, built at the NYO&W Middletown Shops in 1906; and former Brooklyn East District Terminal #14, a H. K. Porter, Inc Locomotive Works 0-6-0T steam locomotive, built in August 1920 at their facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The medium-duty 1930 A-series trucks received the all-new 278.7 cu in (4.6 L) FB-3 six-cylinder engine, with overhead valves and seven main bearings. This was complemented by larger versions of the same engine and was built until late 1940 (as the FBB), [ 7 ] the line-up being expanded downward by the smaller FA-series (later FAB) in 1933.
A transverse floating beam member of truck suspension system supporting the weight of vehicle body [47] Blue Devil A Canadian National locomotive painted in a blue-and-white livery Booster A cabless B unit or slug. Although a slug and a B unit differ in terms of an engine, both serve the purpose of adding more tractive effort. [48] [49] Boxcar
Bobber may refer to: Bobber (fishing), a small float used in angling to suspend the lure at a predetermined depth; Bobber (motorcycle), a motorcycle with many standard parts removed to reduce weight or to present a "clean" or minimalist aesthetic; Bobber Caboose, rail road car with four wheels (two axle) rather than the standard eight
Skagen also constructed a small, 4-wheel "bobber" style caboose to pull behind the #1. Finally, in 1995, the Satsop RR. #1, caboose and a 4-wheel, center-dump ballast car were sold to the Super Mall of the Great Northwest , located in Auburn, WA , and moved there for display outside the south entrance to the mall.
The 1962 Sisu KB-112/117 was the first European serial produced truck with a hydraulically tiltable cabin, enabling easy access to the engine. A Mack F series truck. In Class 8 tractors (using the US designation), the cab-over design allows the vehicle's wheelbase to be shorter than in the conventional arrangement, wherein the engine is placed in front of the cab, covered by a horizontal or ...
Nickel Plate Road caboose #141: Built in 1901 for the Lake Erie & Western as a 4 wheel bobber caboose, rebuilt by NKP into 2 truck 8 wheel caboose. Purchased by John Keller in the 1960s, donated by John Keller to FWRHS in 1975. Currently in service. Nickel Plate Road caboose #451: Built by International Car Company in 1962 for the Nickel Plate ...