Return to Unusual Items & Production Prototypes

Description Union Pacific Caboose Paint Sample
Category Paint Sample
Remarks This photo shows a two side hand lettered paint sample for a Union Pacific caboose.  One Side is lettered in black and the other side is lettered in red.  A proposed catalog number of 33617 is also shown.  This number matches the number assigned to a 1961 Union Pacific caboose in Maury Romer's IBM number list.   The notation in that list notes "w/o lites," whereas this model appears to have the trucks for a lighted model.   That list also notes "H . K," possibly for Hong Kong as a proposed place of manufacture. 

 Union Pacifc Caboose Paint Sample-Black Side
Black Lettered Side of Paint Sample
From the Charlie Sommer Collection - Photo Courtesy of Bill Cucchi

Union Pacific Caboose Paint Sample-Red Side
Red Lettered Side of Paint Sample
From the Charlie Sommer Collection - Photo Courtesy of Bill Cucchi