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<p>[quote user="gardendance"]</p><p>I thought the idea was that the crew in the cupola caboose would see the telltales bounce. Is Fred at the back end of every train, and can he do more than just flash?</p><p>[/quote] </p><p>The tell tales were so the brakeman riding on top of the car would feel them and drop to the ground to avoid having his head (or more) taken off by the tunnel/bridge/etc...</p><p>A FRED is at the rear of every train unless there is a locomotive or caboose there, although they still ride on some. Switching moves don't need FREDs, and in the daytime some local runs just use a red flag stuck in the coupler. A FRED (Flashing Rear End Device) just flashes, but an EOT (End Of Train device) can relay the brake pipe pressure, speed, and other data up to the engineer via a tail-end box located on top of the control stand in a locomotive.<br></p>
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