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What is the offical reason why railroads dont use cabooses any more
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I seem to recall seeing a figure some years back that a standard over-the-road crummy cost in the neighborhood of $100,000 - and that was probably 1980s dollars - a lot of investment for a specialized piece of rolling stock. Also sited by the the railroads was the number of extra moves that cutting a caboose on and off of locals during switching required...
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