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We had the same sort of situation on the NS. We had to make a reverse move across a busy road and the caboose was equipped with the safety equipment plus a whistle. Better than riding on the side of a boxcar for two miles with limited visibilty. We also used them in the yard to shove autoracks from the ramp into the departure tracks a distance of about a mile and a half. We also used them to shove down to the Boatyard in Detroit when we picked up empty hoppers from the Delray Connecting. The cabs had full interiors and heat. They were the ones used in the Canadian trains for NS. I wonder if they will use cabs for Radio units instead of having to equip all the engines seems like a smart idea to me, whoops we're talking about railroads here.
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