Hello seen this on my way in to work today
I have not seen a caboose in tow in a long time. What have you seen on or off the rails that you thought was gone? If you some pics post them. Have a nice day Frank
Frank,Several railroads still uses cabooses on locals and mine runs that require long reverse shoves.Some have their doors welded shut and used as a shoving platform..Some are still functional like this CSX NYC "Erie" caboose.
However,the noisy caboose seems to be replacing the remaining cabooses. What on earth is a noisy caboose? Glad you asked. Its a engine at the rear of a local used for facing point industries and reverse moves. The conductor rides this engine and sounds the horns during long reverse moves.
However,the noisy caboose seems to be replacing the remaining cabooses.
What on earth is a noisy caboose?
Glad you asked.
Its a engine at the rear of a local used for facing point industries and reverse moves.
The conductor rides this engine and sounds the horns during long reverse moves.
Larry
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Yes, the noisy caboose has become very popular for local switching on many industrial belt lines.
Sheldon
Whenever I drive through West Virginia in the area just south of Charleston, I often see an NS coal train with a caboose at the end. I was told that NS still uses cabooses for some unit trains.
What was really cool once, I was driving on I-77 North, on the way to the Detroit NMRA convention and I saw a coal train on the bridges at Ingleside over the highway. I should have stopped and taken a picture, because I have not seen that before, nor since. I was told that I will likely never see it again.
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I caught this caboose on the back of an NS local coming through downtown Spartanburg. Still lettered for N&W to boot!
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Great Thread!!!Nice to see some nostalgia!!!!
Frank, I also saw something else in your Photostream pix!Is that an export Quad Truck GE, Pretty Cool!!! ??What is is it; a Dash 9½ ??
Yep there is cabeese everywhere out here, there's one down the road in centralia, they had a pair in wishram. here's wishram! coupled to tank cars full of non potable water.
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ChadLRyan Great Thread!!!Nice to see some nostalgia!!!! Frank, I also saw something else in your Photostream pix!Is that an export Quad Truck GE, Pretty Cool!!! ??What is is it; a Dash 9½ ??
Hello Chad I was thinking it would be a 9 1/4 . It is narrow gage. Here is a link to that thread.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/218314.aspx
How about a drive in there is something like 400 drive in's left in the U.S.A
Or a drive up ? Good shots of the caboose I miss them the most. Have a nice day Frank
Or a drive up ?
Good shots of the caboose I miss them the most. Have a nice day Frank
I've seen a couple of Cabooses in Knoxville One of them is in Family Lines colors in fact!
we have a couple on display that are no more then 2 miles aprat from each other!
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http://tinyurl.com/kevrqn3 < here is a hidden SOU caboose a rare ex-S&A Caboose that is more publicly visible now.
bitlerisvjWhenever I drive through West Virginia in the area just south of Charleston, I often see an NS coal train with a caboose at the end. I was told that NS still uses cabooses for some unit trains.
Vic,
About 18 years ago (around 1995) there was an article in Trains Magazine about the coal-hauling Rat Hole Division on the NS (I believe in the mountains of West Virginia and related region). They were using cabooses on that route for better rear end vision around some of the sharp and blind curves.
E-L man tom bitlerisvjWhenever I drive through West Virginia in the area just south of Charleston, I often see an NS coal train with a caboose at the end. I was told that NS still uses cabooses for some unit trains. Vic, About 18 years ago (around 1995) there was an article in Trains Magazine about the coal-hauling Rat Hole Division on the NS (I believe in the mountains of West Virginia and related region). They were using cabooses on that route for better rear end vision around some of the sharp and blind curves.
Also some of the older mines require long reverse moves and the conductor protects the shove using the caboose platform.
Pentrex has a great video covering this area-"Along The Pocahontas District."
Well, in my latest trip to visit Mom in Dearborn, Michigan, I just saw an NS Geep of some sort dragging an old, but decent steel caboose. I do believe it was painted NS, but it was a quick glimpse of the pair going over a viaduct over Outer Drive near Michigan Avenue. It was faded red paint with faded white letters. So, I guess the NS still uses cabooses and Dearborn is not really Unit Train or coal country. Since this was just a quick trip, I did not get a chance to explore this very well. Maybe next year, I will try to contact an old engineer friend and see if he can point me to some place where I can take photos.
Hello I have not had much time to get out but I did see this on Friday.
Have a nice day Frank
We see cabeese that are used when transferring large gas fired turbines from GE here in Greenville. Of course they make the return trip as well. There are people from GE in the caboose as well as from the railroads. The plant is served by Carolina Piedmont.
There are also those huge cars with hydraulics that carry the turbines.
Here are some links to several good pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/3430646086/lightbox/
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=841
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?road_number=CPDR%203899
Richard
A few weeks ago I was riding my bicyycle around the NS yard East of Fort Wayne and I saw a slug parked between 2 locomotives. They had model designations that I did not recognize. I think that NS paints the locomotive model under the cab windows. All three units may have been repowered or maybe they were experimental units. I was suprised to see it. I took a picture of it with my cell phone but it is pretty grainy and one cannot read what is stenciled on it.
Usually there is a caboose or 2 parked near the maintnance facilities. One is painted in Nickle Plate Road and it may belong to the historical society that runs the 765. but they do not look as though they get uses much.
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I caught this work train while having lunch at Essex last month.
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ChadLRyan Great Thread!!! Nice to see some nostalgia!!!! Frank, I also saw something else in your Photostream pix! Is that an export Quad Truck GE, Pretty Cool!!! ?? What is is it; a Dash 9½ ??
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Some great stuff here. Thanks guys.
Here is a photo of a CSX Caboose I snapped several years ago on the Cleveland waterfront near the Browns Stadium.
I have several additional photos of the caboose under different circumstances and with different head end power.
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Hello I seen this today
I think this is still in service it was not there yesterday. Have nice day Frank
Hello I seen this today I think its a gp38 not sure I am still learning my locos
I caught a BN caboose on this train in Cody, Wyoming being led by 2 SD40-2's when I was there back in April.
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hustle_muscle I caught a BN caboose on this train in Cody, Wyoming being led by 2 SD40-2's when I was there back in April.