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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by espeefoamer</i> <br /><br />Santa Fe uses cabooses on its locals around Fullerton.I was in Alaska in 2001 and the Alaska Railroad used cabooses on about half of its trains[8D] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> Well, ARR uses cabooses mostly on its work trains. There are cabooses on gravel trains. Probably because they need to monitor them when the train is loaded, that my guess.[?] I don't think i've seen a caboose on any other trains. <br /> And of course, cabooses are not used on passenger trains. <br /> <br />BTW, Where in Alaska were you?
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