|
11-23-2007, 01:04 PM
|
#1 (permalink) |
|
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
|
if things pan out..
.....this will come to my property,and it i'm gonna turn it into my recording studio.
 so all i have to do now is........get ahold of my buddy who drives a crane truck,dial in a price..........and that puppy will have a new home. it needs some work but.........i am more than willing to play with that damn caboose. 3 years after searching....and i finally get my grubby mitts on one. wooooooooohoooooooooooooo.......... time to celebrate with a cold wobbly pop. *let the onslaught begin* ..........and yeah i know........."what the fuck man.......are you on glue?" Martian........you gotta come record in my caboose man,when it's done. |
|
|
11-23-2007, 01:09 PM
|
#2 (permalink) |
|
comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
|
/me looks forward to a "steel wheels" tour...
__________________
"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. |
|
|
|
11-23-2007, 03:47 PM
|
#4 (permalink) | |
|
Young Crumudgeon
Location: Canada
|
Quote:
__________________
I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame |
|
|
|
|
11-23-2007, 08:31 PM
|
#7 (permalink) |
|
The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
|
Hmm... "training" sessions in the studio?
__________________
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi |
|
|
|
11-24-2007, 04:51 AM
|
#9 (permalink) | |
|
Young Crumudgeon
Location: Canada
|
Quote:
__________________
I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame |
|
|
|
|
11-24-2007, 08:45 AM
|
#11 (permalink) |
|
pío pío
Location: on a branch about to break
|
that is one of the best ideas i've seen in a long time.
i applaud you for your recycling efforts. to curb the proliferation of "temporary buildings" (prefabs) on elementary school campuses (here in the US - maybe not up North), i'd like to see them use your old rail car idea. - what young kid wouldn't LOVE to go to class in an old train car??? sell the idea man. hook up with your buddy with crane and come make your millions here.
__________________
xoxo doodle |
|
|
|
11-24-2007, 08:58 AM
|
#12 (permalink) |
|
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
|
that's a good idea doodle........see i don't know about in the States but...up here,they don't run a caboose anymore..........and about 10/15 years ago,they were just giving them away........and as of recently.....i was lookin' at $45,000 to $55,000.........just to purchase one.that didn't even include me moving it to my place.
with this one.........i got it for "FREE".........and i only have to pay a couple grand to get her moved here. score............ and i never looked at it as recycling.......what a bonus that is eh...... this one they were just gonna rip apart and turn her into scrap so....... why not right? i have until June 15th to have it completley off of the property it sits on so.....more than enough time. happy,happy dude right here baby |
|
|
|
11-30-2007, 01:14 PM
|
#15 (permalink) |
|
Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
|
Very cool idea, good luck with it. Without divulging the exact location if you don't want to, about where on the CP is it?
With the company I work for, our largest customers are the U.S. and Canadian railroads so I'm aware of the demise of the caboose. I think it's mainly due to union labor changes where the guys who used the cabooses were negotiated out of their jobs due to more automation. |
|
|
|
11-30-2007, 05:02 PM
|
#16 (permalink) |
|
Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
|
As usual Fly, you rock.
The one thing I worry about is, once it becomes your caboose, how are you going to keep it from growing hair all over it?
__________________
Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. |
|
|
|
11-30-2007, 07:08 PM
|
#17 (permalink) | ||
|
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
|
Quote:
it's on a property that is about half an hour from my place.just sitting in the middle of nowhere..... i'll need a big bugger crane to get it to my place.......... i'm right on the Fraser River....and there's a trestle right close by,we see trains and i mean alot of trains daily going over the river.... should fit in down here well Quote:
the only thing that'll grow all over it down here would be blackberry bushes..... smartass..........  Last edited by Fly; 11-30-2007 at 07:10 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
||
|
|
|
12-04-2007, 12:30 PM
|
#18 (permalink) | |
|
Quote:
Ha, I was thinking the same thing. There is definately too much focus on Fly's Cabbose here on TFP.
__________________
Sticky The Stickman |
|
|
|
|
12-04-2007, 02:22 PM
|
#19 (permalink) |
|
Détente
Location: AWOL in Edmonton
|
Three summers ago I helped with a caboose move. It was easier than most because on the 15ish km move there was no low powerlines or bridges and the guy that bought it was the owner of the lowboy truck that was used. So it was pretty much a case of dragging it onto the bed, moving it very very slowly (it was over-height and tippy), then dragging it off onto the prepared pad/ties/rails. Made life much easier than worrying about the $2000/day cranes.
Also, this is awesome. I would love to restore one. The one I saw was a newer CP, but it was too much metal and not enough character. |
|
|
|
12-04-2007, 02:53 PM
|
#20 (permalink) |
|
see the links to my music?
Location: Beautiful British Columbia
|
yeah so far.........i'm lookin' in and around 2-3 grand for the move......
soon as the winter pisses off.......i'm gonna start preparing the place in the horse field where she's gonna sit.....rails,ties,etc. i'm gonna try and do it up original on the outside as best i can but........the inside ain't gonna look like the inside of a caboose i tell ya'. the only part inside that is staying is gonna be where the cupola is located......2 nice little seats up high.....otherwise it's gonna house the recording studio. |
|
|
|
12-04-2007, 06:35 PM
|
#21 (permalink) |
|
Minion of the scaléd ones
Location: Northeast Jesusland
|
This may be the first time in recorded history where there;s more smoke coming out of the caboose than the locomotive. A couple seats up in to cupola sounds like the very place to ponder man's relation to vegetation.
__________________
Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. |
|
|
|
12-06-2007, 07:10 AM
|
#25 (permalink) |
|
Super Moderator
Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!
|
swell ideas.........hows the project comming....the guy at the http://www.redcaboosegetaway.com/ ....is very friendly and knowlegable,you might contact him or go see his outfit...not that far away from you!
xoxoxoo...Bobby
__________________
"Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo |
|
|
|
12-06-2007, 08:03 AM
|
#27 (permalink) |
|
Getting it.
Super Moderator
Location: Lion City
|
Fly... that's just awesome.
I missed this when you first posted it... I am so jealous. I've always wanted a caboose. It's good to see that these cool treasures are getting put to good use... I can't believe they were just going to scrap this one.
__________________
"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke |
|
|
|
12-06-2007, 09:03 AM
|
#28 (permalink) |
|
Super Moderator
Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!
|
found some more caboose's on our trip....
this one is in downtown Shelton,Wa & these three are in Oyster Bay near Port Townsend,Wa.....a ice cream/coffee shop and dinner
__________________
"Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo Last edited by bobby; 12-06-2007 at 09:07 AM.. |
|
|
| Tags |
| pan, things |
|
|
BASTARD
