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DSP&P Waycars: Hiatory, Photos, Plans

DSP&P waycars, or cabooses, were 4-wheel "bobbers" with a curved roof profile, no cupola, and two windows on each side. They could sleep two people but were mainly used for the conductor's office work. They were painted white with black lettering or oxide red with white lettering, apparently at random. Both colours can be seen on some trains. They varied in many details as they were built in small batches across a 5 year period. Length over the body varied between 12 and 13 feet with overall length over end platforms of 18 to 19 feet. Outside width was about 7'-9" with the platforms about 29" above the rails, and the roof about 7'-4" above that.

Below is my simplified roster of DSP&P waycars, based on Robert Grandt's Roster Lists from Narrow Gauge Pictorial Volume VIII. Since many of C&S cabooses are well documented, you can use some dimensions and details to work backward to specific DSP&P waycars. Build dates are approximations and various sources disagree with each other. 
 

HISTORY
Dates in the above table vary according to source. There is also doubt about which two waycars went missing before 1885 - probably 2 of numbers 61, 62, 63, or 64.

Colorado Central also contributed waycars to the C&S, CC #1725 and 1726 became UPD&G #61 and 62 in 1897. #63 was built and the three became C&S #300, 301, and 302 in 1899-1900. The first two survived to 1912 and became C&S #1000 and 1001.

    
Accucraft waycar #60 on the author's garden railway. This brass model and the Hartford Products wood kit are the only accurate large scale waycars available. See all my motley collection of waycars HERE.


  The author's 1:1 scale replica of DSP&P Waycar #60 is used to store the outdoor railway
            trains when not in use, as well as buildings and  scenery in winter. More HERE.
 

PHOTO GALLERY

DSP&P Waycar #72 (white with black lettering) with Mason Bogie #42


DSP&P Waycar #69 (boxcar red with white lettering) with two flat cars and Tiffany reefer.


DSP&P work train in 1881 with dark coloured waycar at the rear.


White and red waycars at Georgetown Loop high Bridge.


DSP&P Waycar on the tail


Hartford Products craftsman kit for DSP&P Waycar #72, 1:20.3 Scale



 
DSP&P Waycar #72 CAD image by Bill Gould. See Bill's website for many more images, exact-scale plans, and fine art prints for sale.

 

PLANS by John Maxwell

C&S Cabooses Rebuilt From DSP&P Waycars 69, 76

 

DSP&P Cabooses 69, 76, 73, 75,
C&S Cabooses 1005 (307), 1008 (310), 1006 (308), 1007 (309)


 

C&S FOLIOS

DSP&P Waycar #65 (later DL&G #1503)
Then C&S 304 (later 1003)  before cupola was installed


DSP&P Waaycar #69 (later DL&G #1507) and DSP&P #76 (later DL&G #1514)
Then C&S 306 (later 1005) and C&S 310 (later 1008)

 

DSP&P Waycar #73 (later DL&G #1511)
Then C&S 308 (later 1006)

 

DSP&P Waycar #75 (later DL&G #1513)
Then C&S 309 (later 1007)

 

PLANS by Others

DSP&P Waycar #64


DSP&P Waycar #6?


DSP&P Waycar #73


DSP&P Waycar #69 and #72


DSP&P Waycar #72


DSP&P Waycar #72


DSP&P Waycar #72


DSP&P Waycar #7? Part 1


DSP&P Waycar #7? Part 2


DSP&P Waycar #79 and CC #25


DSP&P Waycar #72