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MKT #15143 (ex-WBTS caboose # unknown, exx-??) was built in 1896. It is a 36-foot, 30-ton capacity flat car. It has a steel frame with 8 stake pockets on each side. The deck is wood. There are truss rods beneath the frame and the triple valve is the K type. Originally #15143 was probably a stock car or box car, based on the underframe design. It was acquired by the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway which converted it to a caboose. It had a little house on one end and two long tool boxes on the other. There is a photo of this car in its caboose iteration on a web site maintained by Don Ross. When found in Trinity, Texas, it had rotted completely in two and the truss rods and queen posts were sitting on the ground. It was completely rebuilt in Galveston. All metal parts, except the wheels, are original. The original car number is unknown, and 15143 was selected by Joe Bailey. It is painted freight car color and has white markings. |
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