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Re: what is the use of a caboose?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:00:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Alexander Johnston writes:
> > 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)
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> > 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 hase been replaced by a box with a flashing light stuck onto the last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.
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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.
There is frequently a caboose sitting outside the Dow Chemical yard between
outgoing trains, and it sometimes goes away, and is sometimes a different
caboose, so I'd guess that it's getting attached to outbound trains, and
getting dropped off from inbound ones. The big trains don't go out during
working hours though, so I haven't actually seen it rolling.
Pretty good circustancial evidence, though. :)
James
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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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