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ok... i think i understood most of it, but i have a few questions. you talked about hotboxes (and overheated journals (hotboxes).)... i have a feeling this is something really basic that i've heard before... but what is that? You talked about a transfer caboose (Ok, here is about one of the stranger one the transfer caboose, a transfer caboose looks more like a flat car with a shed bolted to the middle of it than it does a standard caboose. It is used in transfer service between rail yards or short switching runs, and as such lacks sleeping, cooking or restroom facilities. The ends of a transfer caboose are left open, with safety railings surrounding the area between the crew compartment and the end of the car. )   what exactly is it used for... like how is it used.. i don't quite understandand you talked about shoving  and pushing platforms (Also they pulled on trains that are carrying special loads that need gaurds, normally bombs, tanks, nuclear waste, the gaurds will stay in the caboose while the cargo is taken to its destination. Also they are used as shoving platforms as on the NS they are put in the front of the train when a crew needs to push a train more then a mile. A recent variation on the transfer caboose is the "pushing or shoving platform." It can be any railcar where a brakeman can safely ride for some distance to help the engineer with visibility at the other end of the train. Flatcars and covered hoppers have been used for this purpose, but often the pushing platform is a caboose that has had its windows covered and welded shut and permanently locked doors. CSX uses former Missouri Pacific Railroad "shorty" transfer cabooses and marks them as pushing platforms. ) why would they have to push a train?ok, those are all my questions for now... thanks for the replys everyone!~Lauren
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