The previous is correct. Since Transfer Cabooses were only used for short local runs, they didn't need all the amenities of a road caboose. Many Transfer Cabooses were just a small shack for …

Jan 26, 2025 · A friend who works for UP based around Oakridge, OR sent me the attached photo of freshly repainted caboose #4699, which is used for snow and related service around …

Caboose marker lights I use Tomar's Adlake LED markers on my DC layout, with a "flicker-free" homebrew easy-to-make-yourself circuit designed by Jim Betz (Google "Jim Betz circuit") …

After not being used for two years (?), the ex-DRGW 01482 SP Police caboose is now being used on the shove up the White Hills branch to the Celite plant. It had been sitting unused and …

For those interested in buying a caboose - CP Rail is selling what seems to be two former Soo Line cabooses. Here is the thread:

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 …

Wikipedia: Drover's caboose Drover's cabooses looked more like combine cars than standard cabooses. The purpose of a drover's caboose was much more like a combine, as well. On …

Western Railroad Discussion > UP caboose #25151 Date: 02/01/07 13:08 UP caboose #25151 Author: WrongWayMurphy What are the red & green lights up on the coupola used for, and …

The freight trains in the era that I model all had cabooses, so my trains do to, but I have to admit that a lighted caboose at the end of the consist often looks better than one without lighting. For …

Our fourth caboose model is the HO Scale NP/SP&S/BN International Car Corporation Wide Vision Caboose System. With this release, we are focusing on the backbone of the newly …