ATSF Caboose 999770 -- TX 114 nr CR 1100, nr Reese Center TX - Train Cabooses on Waymarking.com

Two former ATSF cabooses on display at the Lubbock County Road 1100, near the FM 2378, along the TX 214 west of the former Reese AFB (now Reese Center), between Lubbock and Levelland TX. The cabooses are decorated by the local landowner for different holidays.


The most southerly caboose is the ex-ATSF 999770, a Class Ce-11 caboose built around 1981.

I used the ATSF Railfan website on the caboose classes and dates: (visit link)

"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. In the massacre that followed, the Ce-11's faired better than the rest of Santa Fe's caboose classes, no doubt due to their newness. Many survive on BNSF as "shoving platforms," albeit mostly with doors welded shut and "DO NOT OCCUPY" stencilled prominently on their flanks. A few Ce-11's have gone on to greener pastures; witness the 999806 below, which stands next to the restored depot from Bledsoe, TX on the west side of Lubbock."

Thanks to caboose9 for a suggested edit :)

Current Use: display and agricultural storage Type Of Caboose: Cupola, "Standard"

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