JUST stick a caboose on the end!!!!

[Anonymous]

I love cabeese. CSX occasionaly sticks them behind the engine on locals, But I have them on every freight that leaves the yard!!!

[Anonymous]

Who ever brought this topic up, CAN I BUY YOU A DRINK???

Cabooses are one of the most romantic aspects of railroading. Lets all have a round of our favorite poison before the next op session.

(May I also point out, on my model railroad, breaking rule G is not only encouraged, its an institutionalized requirement.

James.

[Anonymous]

I did

[Anonymous]

I've gone so far as to completely scratch build full interiors for 2 cabooses and completley scratch build light kits for them. (3 Christmas lights is just right resistance, just check your bulbs load first to see if it's the same) connect these to brass bolt to plastic trucks with aluminum pie plate connectors to metal wheels and voila! If I wasn't away from my layout-in-progress, I'd post some pictures. Adds some light and fla***o my freight lines. I'm modeling the 1950-1955 conjunction of GN (passenger), CNW (freight), and CBQ (freight).

[darth9x9]

There is nothing cooler than seeing a flock of cabeese!

BC

[wpsteve]

Here on the Western Pacific we do not leave without a caboose ! Thats is where my rear end detection is, all four axels are detected .....

With that said, from an operational stand point they can be a pain. What I mean by this is you are always having to deal with them ! Turning them , running them over to or out of the caboose track etc. Dropping them on the main while switching a spur and getting them on the end for the return trip etc. Today they do less of this kind of work or the conductor does a lot of walking.[:D]

What this does in operations is make it more fun, but as management I can see why they went away....... Never will go away on my WP

[Anonymous]

I was actually suprised to see a cabose not to long ago on the end of a mainline train which consisted of about 100 frieght cars.

[dragenrider]

Just gotta have a caboose! [:D] The Cedar Branch & Western runs a caboose on all its trains, too. Only a short switching move of less than three cars are authorized to travel without one. The railroad has even been known to send a switch engine down the line to bring back a caboose or two from storage.