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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by pennsyperson Most railroads stopped using them around the 1970s. They just didn't need them anymore. That red light you saw was an End-of Train Device. Some mining railroads, though, still use cabooses, because they have to back the unit trains up the branches. If you have any more questions, ask![:D] [/quote] I live down here in south Texas, and I've got two railroads within twenty miles of me (Union Pacific and BNSF). If memory serves me right, I think it was in the early 90s when I first noticed that they weren't using cabooses anymore. At that time, what is now the Union Pacific was still Southern Pacific, and I guess it's those cabooses that I really miss the most.
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