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Re: what is the use of a caboose?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:14:15 GMT
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Bob Fay wrote:
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> The caboose is a warm place to rest and heat up some beans and make a pot of
> coffee. It also is a very good model.
Primary uses were:
- Provide a place for the conductor and brakeman to ride
- Provide an office for the conductor to do his paperwork
- Provide a place to cary various things neccessary to maintenance and
operation of the train
- Provide a place to hang lamps to mark the end of the train
- Provide a place where the train can be watched for maintenance
problems (especially "hot boxes" - situations where the bearings on the
cars wheels overheat and ignite the lubricant)
In these days of airbrakes, fewer hot box problems (and I think some
automated detection of problems), and other conveniences, the caboose
hase been replaced by a box with a flashing light stuck onto the last
car in the train.
The new LD caboose is a very nice model, especially when you take into
consideration their constraints.
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) I'm curious. Does ANYONE use cabooses anymore? The last time I remember seeing a caboose on a train was sometime in the early 90s. At the time I lived right next to a series of railroad tracks, one right next to the other. Only around 50 or 60 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| The caboose is a warm place to rest and heat up some beans and make a pot of coffee. It also is a very good model. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) de Haan" <jeroendehaan@mac.com> wrote in message news:GGz4qz.JxH@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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