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JUST stick a caboose on the end!!!!

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Posted by tomwatkins on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:22 AM
I like cabeeses! My freights won't leave home without one.
Have Fun,
Tom Watkins
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:16 AM
yea a caboose defines a train, I'm tired of seeing the red flags myself.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:56 AM
Love'm, wouldn't leave the yard without one! Like building wood kits of them or slam bashing one from a plastic kit. Northern Pacific, really terrific.
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Posted by bogp40 on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:22 PM
I really enjoy modeling cabooses, I tend to model in trends. I'm about to go on my caboose kick again w/ B&O wagontops in resin from the BOHS company store. Never worked with resin before- any suggestions before I begin.
Bob K.

Modeling B&O- Chessie  Bob K.  www.ssmrc.org

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Posted by twhite on Monday, October 18, 2004 10:16 PM
Cabeese!!! And MORE cabeese!!! Actually, I'm safe, since I model the WWII-Korean War era, so if I don't have a caboose on the end of the train, it's either A: A passenger, or: B: It's gotten uncoupled and unbeknownst to me, is rolling back down the grade toward the yard.
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Posted by FThunder11 on Monday, October 18, 2004 8:57 PM
I've seen a bunch of trains, and I never see the red light on the end.
Kevin Farlow Colorado Springs
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Posted by Jetrock on Monday, October 18, 2004 8:28 PM
Cabeese are just fun. The only trains on my layout that will not have a caboose are those served by electric box motors--the crew ride in the box motor!
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Posted by railman on Monday, October 18, 2004 8:27 PM
while I'll let the long winded argue the cost-benefits, the union rules, the changing dynamics, blah blah blah, I'll second your motion and say yeah, cabooses rule! They will forever roam on MY railroad, no matter the operating date!
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JUST stick a caboose on the end!!!!
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 18, 2004 8:26 PM
[:p] I dont know about you but i think a train just aint a train without a good old caboose on it, its so booring seeing a train these days with a blinking red light at the end, i mean whats up with that, i totally think that cabooses make the train, and i know that u wont see a train running on my layout without a caboose, what are your opinions, are ya for em, or against them????[?]

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