Flintlock76 BaltACD Caboose has the same likelyhood of coming back as the coal fired steam engine does of replacing the diesels. Stranger things have happened. In 1960 whoever thought muzzleloading firearms would get popular again? Hence my avatar.
BaltACD Caboose has the same likelyhood of coming back as the coal fired steam engine does of replacing the diesels.
Caboose has the same likelyhood of coming back as the coal fired steam engine does of replacing the diesels.
Stranger things have happened. In 1960 whoever thought muzzleloading firearms would get popular again?
Hence my avatar.
Popular as curiosity's, not as first rank firearms. We alread have the curiosity steam engines operating as various tourist attractions - some of which probably have a caboose in their operation. Neither steam nor cabooses will become the requirements of operating one of the current Class 1's profitably.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Erik_MagYou misspelled Kalmbah.
You misspelled Kalmbah.
Murphy SidingYou quoted me, but that wasn't me. It was Shok ontrol.
Prez-to-be Biden has long been a champion of Amtrak and passenger rail, don't know that I can recall him saying anything re freight trains / railroads. I believe as a Senator he did vote 'yes' on the Staggers rail deregulation act under Pres. Carter.
Overmod Murphy Siding Coincidence? Or shall I say, "oincidence?" You should say "oinidene". Just like Lithonia should have said "onspiray" It's only foolish onsisteny that's a hobgoblin of small minds.
Murphy Siding Coincidence? Or shall I say, "oincidence?"
You should say "oinidene". Just like Lithonia should have said "onspiray"
It's only foolish onsisteny that's a hobgoblin of small minds.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Electroliner 1935 Your demands and $5.15 will get you a cup of coffee. But its [sic] a nice diversion from other threads on the forum. Keep dreaming. Never know what might come of them.
Unless our rail-friendly President-Elect shares my concerns!
Shock ControlNo one cares about the intricacies about how railroads work. We demand cabooses for their aesthetic appeal.
Your demands and $5.15 will get you a cup of coffee. But its a nice diversion from other threads on the forum. Keep dreaming. Never know what might come of them.
As the Jim Carrey character in a movie told a woman who was trying to brush him off, "So you're telling me there's a chance!"
so you're telling me there's a chance - Bing video
If GM "killed the electric car", what am I doing standing next to an EV-1, a half a block from the WSOR tracks?
York1This thread is taking up valuable space that should be used for discussing a real issue -- the disappearance of wigwag crossing signals.
What needs discussion is the loss of real crossing signals -- the Holley Rudd kind with red glass lenses and real bells. There are surprisingly few of them in the places I go, now, and it's troubling to think of them only in museums like the remaining Patenall CPL heads...
This whole topic is silly.
This thread is taking up valuable space that should be used for discussing a real issue -- the disappearance of wigwag crossing signals.
York1 John
Ulrich... back in those days it was nice to get a wave from someone up in the cupola.
(NOT to reopen the troll session about waving! )
I well remember several TV documentaries and interviews back in the 1980s when the elimination of the caboose was imminent. The sky was going to fall, and with it safety and everything else. Yet here we are.. But having grown up in the 70s I do miss seeing them.. and back in those days it was nice to get a wave from someone up in the cupola.
n012944Potential freight customers don't care if the model railroads are accurate in their portrayal of the real thing.
Model Railroads are the real thing. It is about life-size railroads being accurate in their portrayal of model railroads. As Oscar Wilde said, "There was no fog in London until Whistler started painting it."
n012944A caboose doesn't help with that.
And it's a lot easier to move an EOT/FRED than it is a caboose...
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Overmod Backshop Just say no to drugs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svstp1CWuF0
Backshop Just say no to drugs...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svstp1CWuF0
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BackshopJust say no to drugs...
Shock Control Let's face it: Freight trains without cabeese just look wrong. They look cheap and incomplete, and as such, they do not instill confidence in potential freight customers. Do you think we could petition our upcoming rail-friendly President to reinstate the caboose on freight trains? Doing so would provide jobs for the rail industry, and give us one more person to wave to as the train passes by. The caboose will allow the railroad industry to be more accurate in its reflection of model railroads. It will also send a strong signal to industry that railroads are the way to go when shipping freight. What sayest thou?
Let's face it: Freight trains without cabeese just look wrong. They look cheap and incomplete, and as such, they do not instill confidence in potential freight customers.
Do you think we could petition our upcoming rail-friendly President to reinstate the caboose on freight trains? Doing so would provide jobs for the rail industry, and give us one more person to wave to as the train passes by. The caboose will allow the railroad industry to be more accurate in its reflection of model railroads. It will also send a strong signal to industry that railroads are the way to go when shipping freight.
What sayest thou?
A caboose does not "send a strong signal to industry". Potential freight customers don't care if the model railroads are accurate in their portrayal of the real thing. They care about their freight arriving when promised, at the cheapest rate possible. A caboose doesn't help with that.
An "expensive model collector"
Just say no to drugs...
Shock ControlCoincidence? Or shall I say, "oincidence?"
Shock Control Lithonia Operator I accepted I missed the steam era (except for one loco, one time, on the Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern) with some resignation. But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k." Amtrak dropped the "c" in "track," and then we lost the caboose, which begins with the letter "c." Coincidence? Or shall I say, "oincidence?"
Lithonia Operator I accepted I missed the steam era (except for one loco, one time, on the Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern) with some resignation. But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k."
But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k."
Amtrak dropped the "c" in "track," and then we lost the caboose, which begins with the letter "c."
Coincidence? Or shall I say, "oincidence?"
tree68 Once you're thrown the length of the caboose by slack action, you'll understand why they're gone.
Once you're thrown the length of the caboose by slack action, you'll understand why they're gone.
Conductor: "I don't know what you did up there, but your share of the stew is on the floor!"
Engineer: "Just hold on, I'll put it back in a minute!"
Lithonia Operator But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k.
But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k.
You could always go back to calling it "Railpax", or should that be Railpaks, or perhaps Railpacks?
As an aside, did Amtrak ever use NPRC as their reporting mark?
Koinsidense. Why do we need the "C"? Only for the "CH" sound.
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tree68Once you're thrown the length of the caboose by slack action, you'll understand why they're gone.
No one cares about the intricacies about how railroads work. We demand cabooses for their aesthetic appeal.
Lithonia OperatorI accepted I missed the steam era (except for one loco, one time, on the Bonhommie & Hattiesburg Southern) with some resignation. But when we lost cabooses, that felt like a kick in the stomach. As did Amtrak being spelled with a "k."
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