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| Hey all, I saw a caboose in service the other day. A GP-something or other (sorry I am such a bad/lazy rail spotter) was pulling a caboose and three box cars. The caboose was tucked in between the engine and the box cars. GP-{caboose}-{box car}-{box (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Christopher Masi" <cjmasi@*nogarbagepl...e*rcn.com> wrote in message news:cjmasi-CC261A.2...net.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] About two weeks ago I was on my way to Denver via Chicago from Raleigh. As my RDU-ORD flight was landing I noticed a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Down here on CSX we still use cabeese as shoving platforms. Of course everything is stripped out of them except a couple seats...for those rough shoving moves. -Harvey (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) CSX was regulary, as of about a year ago, running a caboose on a train in northeastern West Virginia. -c (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I saw one on the end of a long mixed freight train going through the Columbia Gorge about 3 weeks ago. I think it was on the BNSF side (north) but it may have been UP - can't remember for sure. It certainly was a suprise though! -Matt :) (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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