Probably doing some long reverse-moves that necessitate the conductor riding on the back-porch for visibility. Cabooses are still used on locals in quite number of places. I've seen them on the BNSF Hinckley Sub's local between Northtown Yard and Hinckley, operating in/around Hastings on the old MILW (now CP/SOO) - lots of places.
The BNSF also routinely uses a caboose (which at last report still had its' windows uncovered) on its daily Osseo job that heads-up the former GN's Monticello line. Sometimes they leave it stored on a spur track over by the Caterpillar plant in Brooklyn Park.
here in nw ohio defiance has one for its Y101.fostoria also has an old chessie.marion has one painted like an erie lackawanna and up closer to cleveland the guys have one painted in the B&O scheme.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
There is a local that goes through Joliet on the BNSF, and it has a caboose...although the last two or three times I saw it, it was sans caboose....
Here is a caboose on a BNSF local out of Joliet , out at LPCHI there is a local that usually has a caboose on it as well .
........well that raises another sticky point....i have a contract.....contract says"....CP runthru trains subject to custom hold setouts will be paid days pay for setting custom hold cars out of closed yard limits defined as Oak yd CH 12.5...." but....when i setout custom hold cars on DSPR orders at Plymouth Yd CH 25 put in my claim....is declined....resubmit...declined.....submit to Onion rep....sent to arbitration....and 6 to 7 weeks later i get HALF my claim???? so.....just what do my onion dues get me????? whered the other half go???? i know i know like or leave it....go work at micky "d"'s.. off topic and all....but its black and white......same thing with the shove claim..its in the contract!!!..granted thats 1 arbritrary i dont get but the ones i do its a fight for half......
sorry about the but its like .....and besides...i miss my coupla rides
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videomaker wrote:Old FW&D Sunshine Yard,Wichita Falls Tx. The train working a mfg plant has to run backwards back to Ray Yd..(across town)The caboose is used as a lookout for all the Xings..I really dont see any safety in that beacuse the little whistle sounds like Thomas the Tank ! Ha
I use a backup whistle on a regular basis. You're right - it's not much. My radio is the more important tool, as I'm advising the engineer that the crossing (and track) is clear. Or not.
We run short trains, so the engineer also sounds the horn for the crossings.
J Edgar, I can ubderstand your frustration on union pay matters. You have probably have more experience on this that me and it gets to point to at times it just drains you. I have been lucky , for most part, to have good solid local chairmen & vice chairmen who will go out of their way for you. A local is only as good as who is at the top running the show. -A large percentage of old head dudes I have talked w/state that they miss the caboose only because of the loss of the brkmn jobs. Most hated riding in the thing and rather would have been up on the head end. My Uncle Don worked nearly 20 yrs as a condr/brkmn for Frisco/BN and just hated having to be back there getting bumped around like crazy. Right about the time the cars came off is when he went to eng service and if he had to do it over again, would stayed on the ground as he would not have to dealt w/riding on the rear.
legsbluetrain wrote:I just saw a caboose on a local here in Pine Bluff,AR and found out from another railfan the train goes to the Pine Bluff Arsenal and the Arsenal makes UP have a caboose on it for some reason.Anyone has seen any cabooses these days on locals?
If you interested in buying one take a look at the link:
http://www.railmerchants.net/cabooses/index.htm
If you want to check the gallery:
http://www.carrtracks.com/caboose.htm
Enjoy!
If I only had the money and the space, I would buy an actual SOO LINE Caboose.
I have seven O Scale Soo Line Cabooses, but a real, full-size one would be great to have.
Andrew
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Andrew Falconer wrote: If I only had the money and the space, I would buy an actual SOO LINE Caboose. I have seven O Scale Soo Line Cabooses, but a real, full-size one would be great to have. Andrew
Andrew:
Take a look at this website and see how a historical society got a real train.
http://www.thecrhs.org/
Check on the story of the caboose. Enjoy!
Andrew - Obviously money is an issue, but space is the bigger issue - money can be raised/saved/borrowed.
A fellow volunteer on the railroad may have acquired (or had the rights to acquire) a caboose. Unfortunately, while it's only about 40 miles from where it sits to where it needs to go, and there are rails on both ends, it's about 200 rail miles to make the trip and CSX apparently isn't real amenable to the idea of moving it (assuming it's rail-worthy in the first place).
She's working on moving it by truck.
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