Caboose Photo Archive
the cabooses of the AT&SF
(or Waycars as the Santa Fe called them)

 

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 Class Ce-1:
#999000-999314
Between 1966 and 1968, Santa Fe's West Wichita shops upgraded 315 all-steel cabooses for mainline pool service. Previously, cabooses had been assigned to individual crews, and were changed at every crew change point. Labor agreements reached in the 1960's allowed cabooses to run-through, but also required certain upgrades. The Ce-1's were equipped with cushion underframes and sealed windows in place of the old, sliding kind originally found on the cars. Taking the cupola end as the rear, the three windows on the right side of the car were initially retained, while the five windows on the left were reduced to four. Within a few years, the arrangement was changed to just two on the right and one on the left.
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
  #   Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 2287  Kansas  1969  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
 999060  unknown  Jan 22, 2002  Steve Barker
999076   unknown  July 16, 1988  Robert Trennert
 999097 Fort Madison June 6, 1981  Mike Barton
999105  Tehachapi CA  April 281985  Pat Holden
 999127   unknown location  May 1984   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 999135  unknown location
ex-2061, built by ATSF 1942, rebuilt 1967
preserved in Edison, CA
behind Johnston Farms Office		 July 1983   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
999192  unknown location    Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
999197  Portola CA
ex-507, built by ATSF 1949, rebuilt 1967		  Aug 9, 2002 Robert D.Ulberg  
 999199 unknown location   June 1986  David Casdorph
 999225 Fort Madison May 23, 1983  Mike Barton
999240  unknown location    Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
 999242  Tehachapi CA Jan 24, 1986   Pat Holden
999248   Strong City KS  Feb 2002  Steve Barker
999262    May 31, 1987  Robert Trennert
 999267  Tehachapi CA Spt 27, 1985   Pat Holden
999307 Weir Tx  Apr 5, 2001  lew
 999308      Mike Barton

 Class Ce-2
999315-999537
The second group of cabooses rebuilt for pool service emerged from Santa Fe's San Bernardino, CA shops in 1969 and 1970. The 223 members of the Ce-2 class differed only slightly from the Ce-1's, and most of the differences were internal. These cars also emerged with black roofs, some later had been repainted with a red roof.
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
  #   Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 999321  Tehachapi CA  May 14, 1985  Pat Holden
 999325      
 999331

 Houston TX

CE2

 April 11. 1975  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
  999348 . . .
 999339  Tehachapi CA Jan 24, 1986   Pat Holden
 999358  Tehachapi CA Jan 12, 1986   Pat Holden
 999364 Caliente CA  Oct 20, 1985  Pat Holden
 999385      
  999414  Portola CA  Aug 9, 2002 Robert D.Ulberg  
 999418  Mojave CA  Jan 24, 1986  Pat Holden
  999422  unknown location  May 1984 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 999423  Mojave CA  Jan 24, 1986  Pat Holden
  999425  Tehachapi CA Spt 27, 1985   Pat Holden
 999427      
  999438      
   999439      
   999440      
  999443       
999445  unknown location    Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
 999450  unknown location May 1986 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 999451 Tehachapi CA  Jan 24, 1986  Pat Holden
 999455 Mojave CA  Jan 24, 1986  Pat Holden
 999465 Caliente CA  Jan 12, 1985  Pat Holden
 999470 Tehachapi CA  Nov 10, 1985  Pat Holden
 999473 Tehachapi CA  Nov 10, 1985  Pat Holden
 999474 Tehachapi CA  Nov 10, 1985  Pat Holden
   999475 Mojave CA  Nov 10, 1985  Pat Holden
   999478 Barstow CA  April 12, 1986  Pat Holden
 999479 Caliente CA  June 23, 1985  Pat Holden

999484
 Mojave CA  Oct 20, 1985  Pat Holden
 999484 Mojave CA  Oct 20, 1985  Pat Holden
   999487    May 1986  
   999488 Caliente CA  June 22, 1985  Pat Holden
   999494 Caliente CA  Jan 12, 1985  Pat Holden
 999500 Tehachapi CA  Nov 10, 1985  Pat Holden
  999525 unknown location April 1, 1985  Pat Holden
 999525  Cedar Mill OR Mar 21, 2002  Robert D. Ulberg

Class Ce-3
999600-999636
The forty Ce-3 class cars were modified from standard steel cabooses by the West Wichita shops in 1968. The cars did not receive the extensive package of upgrades lavished on the Ce-1's and 2's, and were intended for use as local and transfer cabooses rather
than road cabooses.
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )

Class Ce-4
999637-999639
Rebuilt in 1969 from Ce-3 class cars of the same numbers, the Ce-4 class cars emerged without cupolas. They were used in southern New Mexico on the copper ore shuttles from the Chino open-pit copper mine at Santa Rita to the smelter at Hurley. Clearances at Hurley were such that a caboose with a cupola wouldn't fit through the unloader. When the Santa Fe's shuttle trains were replaced by a slurry pipeline in 1982, the Ce-4's were out of a job. They were briefly reassigned to local work elsewhere, but all were off the roster by the mid-1980's.

( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )

 Class Ce-5
999900, 999901, 999904, 999906, 999907, 999909, 999911, 999917, 999918, 999926, 999927, 999928, 999929, 999950, 999951, 999952, 999953, 999958, 999959, 999960, 999962, 999963, 999965, 999966, 999967, 999968, 999970, 999971, 999972, 999973, 999975, 999976, 999977, 999978, 999979

...and unrebuilt Ce-class cars in the 999900-999979 series
The Ce-5 class cars were refurbished but not significantly upgraded from standard all-steel cabooses. They were intended for transfer service in Kansas City and elsewhere. The work was done at Topeka and Kansas City in the early 70's. The cars retained their original 4-digit numbers initially, but in 1976, they and the surviving unrebuilt standard cabooses were renumbered into the 999900-999979 series. The unrebuilt cars had been designated as "Ce" class cars in 1973. A few cars received the standard Santa Fe Indian red caboose scheme with large yellow emblem, but others received the bright red scheme modeled by Ce class 999961 above. This scheme usually included a badly oversprayed white Santa Fe emblem.
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
 1619  21st street  1974  Mike Barton
  999652  MARCELINE     Mike Barton

Class Ce-6
999538-999542
Twenty five years elapsed between the construction of the last standard cupola Santa Fe caboose and the purchase of the extended-vision Ce-6 class from the
International Car Company.
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
   999540    June 1986  
         

Class Ce-7
999640-999651
The dozen Ce-7 class cars were modified but not significantly upgraded standard all-steel cabooses. The modifications were performed at San Bernardino to provide refurbished cars for local and transfer service on the west coast. The Ce-7's retained their old 4-digit numbers until 1975, when they were renumbered into the 999640-series. Some cars received the standard Santa Fe caboose scheme with yellow cupolas to indicate local service, but some served out their lives in the old mineral brown scheme
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )

Class Ce-8
999700-999749
The Ce-8 class was built by the International Car Company in 1978. The cars were essentially the same as the Ce-6 class, but were received in the standard caboose scheme rather than the variation modeled by the 6's. The Ce-8's also had full "skirts" around the lower edge of the body, compared to the partial skirting on the Ce-6's.
  #   Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
999702     Dick Campbell 
 999704  Ce 8    Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
 999706  Ce 8    Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
999714  Garden City KS    
   999730  Willow Springs IL  Aug 1, 2005  David Miller
         
         
    999749  Ft Madison     Mike Barton

Class Ce-9
999543-999582
In 1978, the Topeka shops upgraded 39 Ce and Ce-5 class cars and one Ce-3 car to road service cars of the Ce-9 class. As with the Ce-1's and 2's, the cars received sealed windows, cushion underframes, and various other modifications. They were used system-wide, and a few managed to hang on into the early 1990's
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
  #   Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
   999543 Tehachapi CA  April 28, 1985 Pat Holden
 999543 Lenexa KS  April 22, 2001  Steve Barker
 999544    July 19,1987  Robert Trennert
999548  Georgetown, Tx    Apr 5, 2001  lew
 999568      Charles Lanphere
from the
collection of
Stephen Devenish
 999571 Yreka, CA  4/29/01.  Robert D. Ulberg

 Class Ce-10
999583-999592
The ten Ce-10's were upgraded from Ce and Ce-5 class cars at the Topeka shops simultaneous with the Ce-9 class. The Ce-9's and Ce-10's reportedly only differed in the type of cushion underframe applied
( text from http://atsf.railfan.net/waycars )
  #   Location & Information  Date  Photo Credit
 999592 seen here at an
unknown location, today it is
preserved at Atchison, KS Santa Fe Depot Railroad Museum & Visitor Information Center		    Dick Campbell

Class Ce-11
999750-999824
The 75 members of the Ce-11 class were built by the International Car Company in 1981. They were the last new cabooses purchased by the Santa Fe. Essentially the same as the Ce-8's, the cars roamed the system in various types of service. Only three years after the Ce-11's were constructed, the Santa Fe reached agreements with its labor unions allowing the virtual elimination of cabooses from its trains.
 999755    Sept 16, 1990  Robert Trennert
999761  Mojave CA April 1986  Pat Holden
  999762  Mojave CA June 23, 1985  Pat Holden
  999766  Mojave CA May 14, 1985  Pat Holden
  999768  Mojave CA May 14, 1985  Pat Holden
 999771 Tehachapi CA April 28, 1985  Pat Holden
  999779  Mojave CA Sept 28, 1985  Pat Holden
 999779 SaginawTX  May 20, 2001  David Hawkins
999784  unknown location Dec 1983 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
999784  unknown location Nov 28, 1984 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
999786  unknown location October 1983 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
999787 Tehachapi CA Oct 20, 1985  Pat Holden
 999788 Kansas City MO Feb 1992  John Harker
999789 Calienta CA April 28, 1985  Pat Holden
 999791      
 999792      
 999801      
999820  unknown location  Feb 2002  Steve Barker
999823  Mojave CA July 27, 1985  Pat Holden
999823 Tehachapi CA Jan 12, 1986  Pat Holden

Contributions welcome and credited.

Most of the photos on this site are from original photos/slides or submissions. Some photos are from the web - I have tried to get permission to use on all of them, but a few may have slipped through. Please, let me know if that has happened.

 

 

This archive was first accessed December 6, 1999