Caboose Hobbies in Lakewood, Colorado, is Permanently Closed-! I realize an earlier post mentioned this but the subject heading was rather vague. Images from visit on 16 December 2020. Anyone know how to correct the first image orientation-? It sho
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Hey folks, I have been wondering about the story behind the small batch of cabooses the Southern Pacific assigned to their Railroad Police. I know their intermodal trains were rolling shopping malls on the Sunset Route and apparently this is where these cabooses were used. I can't find muc
They were caboose marker lights from two different railroads and different. It had nothing to do with the time period, just a difference in rules for both railroads.
In lieu of their assigned caboose, trainmen were given an allowance called "pool caboose pay", amounting to about $1.50 per trip. Twenty years later, the caboose was eliminated completely. The trainmen continued to claim the pool caboose pay, which, by then was about $3.00 per trip.
I think I have read somewhere that on some railroads certain types of cabooses were used specific areas and did not roam the whole system. My question is, does anyone know what types were used on the western part of the New York Central? I can't seem to find any caboose shots in any of my books.