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MC-- Yeah, and Hulcher usually owns that crane, and somewhere else generally has a couple of torches in inventory![(-D][(-D][(-D] Other guys-- The other place you may occasionally see cabeese on a main line is in ABS/TWC/ dark/ etc. territory where there are a lot of lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng passing sidings that are still unsprung and require hand throwing, particularly in the winter up north where a long hike back to the locomotives at 20 below is actually dangerous, or down here at 110 in the shade in July for the same reason. Again, they are crew platforms and not true cabeese. See them occasionally on long locals for the same reason. Helps the crew out. Most like this are covered under the contract. As much as railfans like 'em (I know few of us who quake at the sight of one), and as nostalgic a picture as they make, a caboose is a $75,000 piece of hardware that gets dragged around, incurs costs, and never makes a dime for the railroad. As much as many would hate to admit it, EOTs in most cases can get the same job done better, for less money, which makes the RR more competitive, which creates jobs, etc.
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