A Home Made Work Caboose, ARR

I lifted the following caption for my picture directly from John Combs's wonderful site "John's Alaska Railroad Web Site:

"This caboose was built from a Troop Kitchen car. It is normally assigned with locomotive cranes as tool, rigging and crew cars while bringing up the rear of the work extra. Vestibules were cut into each end with an Ajax brake wheel installed inside both ends. The rear end has a window on the left side of the door which looks out through an unglazed window opening. A back up light is centered over the rear door. Ladders on both ends and the left side allow service to the fuel oil bunker fill pipe and a roof walk extends the length of the car with electrical conduits tucked under it. [When built] it was equipped with 12 bunks, a desk, and lockers"

And has this note to modelers: "These cars are an ideal kit bash project for the Walthers undecorated Troop Kitchen car."

The picture of ARR 1043 was taken on June 13, 2009 at Talkeetna, AK.