Running Every Caboose I Own!

A Salute To The Humble Caboose!

[@henryszubielski8601]

At a count of 60, you'll never be caboose-less. 😊 Very colorful selection Eric! Sweet.

[@jamesmelchin2873]

A captivating consist of cabooses indeed. 😄 The Chessie Lab caboose with the searchlight is priceless. Thank you Eric...HI Lisa !

[@TrainManIII]

I wish we could have like a national caboose weeks or something where all railways put cabooses on the ends of all their trains. They’re just such an iconic symbol of American railroading!

[@josephschuster1494]

The railroads were compelled by union rules to supply one caboose to house the crew assigned to every train. They were disliked by the railroads, as they required the same maintenance/repairs that other revenue-generating freight cars needed, but the caboose brought in no revenue. Railroads rejoiced when they were finally allowed to leave cabooses sitting in the sidings, awaiting sale, donation, or scrapping. 🚂

[@josephschuster1494]

Excellent topic! Yes, America’s railroads once had a cornucopia of cabooses and utilized them to the maximum, even using them beyond their rail worthiness for trackside crew shelters and equipment storage purposes. Both my S and O Gauge layouts each boast one train consisting of just over 20 cabooses each…a pretty impressive sight! 🚂

[@donaldjobson6799]

Eric, you have one impressive collection of cabooses. In my opinion every train should have a caboose

[@railroadguy100]

A great consist of so many cabooses. The long Santa Fe one with the flat deck is amazing

[@rwchannel8832]

🫡 Hail to the one and only, the caboose! 🚂

[@delwoodjef]

That's a LOT of Cabeese!!!

[@MrStevesTrains]

Very cool Mr. Eric 👍🏻 I especially liked that C&O Chessie Work Caboose with the searchlight. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TriGogglin]

Very nice collection of caboose you have, the chessie with the search light is really awesome

[@rudolphward4375]

Outstanding collection of cabo0ses.

[@JanetVaughn-cm3et]

OUTSTANDING video & collection. Yes the caboose played a VERY important part of the railroad system. So sad you don't see many anymore. But I won't forget the sights I saw & the vital role the played. Thanks again for a " memory lane" of the past !

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks

[@chiconian49]

That was great Eric. I loved all the colors.

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks so much!

[@timothymclaughlin6860]

Ha! That’s too fun!Never thought of doing that. A caboose parade. Nice! Somebody’s gotta be unafraid to lead the caboose parade! 🙂

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks

[@3dartistguy]

Thats a Largest collection of Cabooses I've ever seen!

[@Mildcat743]

Twist my arm to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with one of the Pennsy N5s with the Trainphone antenna. Such a cool and unique look.

[@newbright2629]

Holy caboose now that is a lot of caboose Eric wow.

[@ColtonRMagby]

Back when all railroad rollingstock had journal boxes for bearings, the caboose allowed the rear brakemen to monitor it for overheating. They came out with roller bearings, but the caboose was still required by law until the late '80s or early '90s.

[@carltesh9612]

A nice consist and variety of colors farewell to the caboose

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@carltesh9612 They are still used occasionally for shunting, but nowhere near as much as they used to be.

[@apricotandwesternrailroad5662]

Holy Mackerel Eric! You have a lot of Cabooses!

[@TrainBandit]

Have you ever heard them called cabeese! 😂🤣

[@Ericstrains]

I say cabooses lol

[@TrainBandit]

@@Ericstrains it goes both ways but it's a weird railroad slang 😂

[@gordonsnell6735]

Pretty cool there Eric, you definitely have a lot of cabooses there that's for sure

[@Ericstrains]

You got that right!

[@robertjohnson2290]

As a Christmas layout modeler, the caboose is my 2nd or 3rd most important and featured rolling stock. Locomotive is first then the caboose depending how impressive and utilized the tender is.

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@2045American]

😊😊 super, american train ( Cabousse).😊🚂🗽🚂🚂🚂.

[@daveallen9893]

Thanks for the information

[@bearowen5480]

Nice! Good job, Eric.

[@davidcrump8740]

I would have liked to see an L&N caboose in your assortment of these cars. I worked for L&N in the 1970's. I did enjoy the video.

[@frankbeams4333]

Your videos are the best!

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@frankbeams4333]

@@EricstrainsI’m a 47 year old who lives in Orange County NY. I got back into hobby about 6 months ago after years away. I have a 4x12 o gauge layout in basement. I can go much bigger which I’m really thinking I should. I use a lot of woodland scenic buildings. I use LionChief plus 2.0 because I have a cab 1l remote but can’t find a base 1 or base 2 so I’m just hoping they release the cab 3 soon I would like to buy some legacy trains. Anyway again any advice would be helpful

[@frankbeams4333]

And I listened to you today on Miniature Models podcast.

[@user-ig6dm7cq1g]

Awesome.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kyletrummel69]

Fun fact: the plural word for caboose is "cabeese." I love a caboose. When i was a kid, i dreamed about living in one. It's the only railcar I can't stop myself from collecting. I gotta have them all. I counted 59, by the way.

[@gustavovasile428]

GREAT!!

[@brianlohr3412]

Very nice Eric !!!!!

[@davidstrainsandlego]

That's a lot of cabeese. I just went to Strasburg the other day, reminds me of the red caboose in, so many different liverys

[@Rammstein45]

Chessie System paint will always be my favorite.

[@Northcoastrails]

I like bay window caboose 😊

[@JonathanColemanMoreTrains]

Can you try and put together all of the passenger cars and see how long it will take to go all the way around the layout?

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Nice Caboose

[@Allnightexplor]

Eric, fun Friday video!

[@Puddin_Pi]

The caboose was very important. We have a nice one at our railroad museum. #trainfam

[@paulnash6944]

There’s something about cabooses that makes trains feel complete. The FREDs just don’t have the same effect.

[@Mich289]

That's a lot of caboose

[@ErikVince]

Like the new intro

[@tracysmith337]

Awesome! I remember seeing these as a kid, them they disappeared in the 1980s because of the invention of FRED (Flashing, Rear, End-of-train, Device). By the way, Caboose plural = Cabeese 🤦‍♀️🚂

[@Ericstrains]

I've always said cabooses.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Since going the way of landline phones they should hold their value.

[@douglasschultz9808]

My favorite caboose in G scale is my LGB Queen Mary Series Rio Grande. I got so many in O gauge it’s hard to pick but 2 that come to mind is my New Haven Menards and my Orange Chessie.

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

So fun to watch your cabooses roll by Eric! Was this all your cabooses? Or do you have more? 🤷🏻‍♂️🚂😃

[@Ericstrains]

Thanks!

[@F40M07]

Cabeese!!!!

[@charlesmcclure5994]

👍👍

[@TheCobraCommander]

Now that is a caboose train if I ever saw one.

[@brianbaird3]

You have one of my rail roads caboose the blue FEC

[@Powerwordfreedom]

Whats the best platform to sell old train set i have come into some tracks and scenery and othe various things not sure about them

[@kaedenthecsxamtrakandthoma8318]

1:43 look at that cartoony whistle

[@Bjorn54321]

hell yeah

[@Ohiotrucker1]

No matter what train I run, i've always have a little red caboose training behind.

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

Even a passenger train?

[@Ohiotrucker1]

@@ThunderboltSirenStudios Yep

[@ThunderboltSirenStudios]

@@Ohiotrucker1 interesting

[@parts323]

How many are from the MPC era or older? Anyone can collect modern stuff.

[@truckingindustries7228]

Hi, can you do a review on the Union Pacific 9000

[@larrybaughman618]

🤠🖐🚂

[@MMID303]

Caboose addiction is real. I have 19 cabooses with 3 on the way.

[@shayfan05]

Didn’t see a B&O or a C&O pre chessie era.

[@ARMYVETT]

NICE SALUTE TO THE CABOOSE. I NEED THOSE 6 UP HERTAGE CABOOSES BEING PULLED BY THE BIG BOY SO I CAN PULL THEM BEHIND MINE. 😉

[@daveallen9893]

Awesome video Eric I do have a question for you I asked you before you might have not see it I was lucky to get a Lionel 90th anniversary train set it has the original pull more motor I ran it once it runs great except it ran really warm it was never run is this normal or should be concerned I would love your opinion thanks

[@Ericstrains]

I think those pullmor motors can get warm after a while

[@Prewarpostwaramdmore]

Hi, my name is Tom, and I'm a caboose-aholic. It's been Almost a week since I bought my last caboose....

[@Ericstrains]

Ha

[@snakeyez150]

Eric can you do a video on how to custom paint a model o gauge locomotive?

[@Ericstrains]

I've never done a complete custom paint job on a locomotive.

[@jamesdenny4734]

Say Eric, is all those cabeeses in your collection?

[@Ericstrains]

yes

[@angeloavanti2538]

A 'murder' of caboose.

[@angeloavanti2538]

Maybe even a 'caboosapalooza' Doh!

[@philipperiopel1911]

Caboose; is it a derived word from cab house? Just asking.

[@Ericstrains]

Probably, I have no idea lol

[@403guy]

Is the plural cabooses or cabeese? I heard railroaders use both terms so I don't know.

[@DavidLevine]

A future giveaway question - how many cabooses (cabeese) does Eric have?

[@fredogden936]

If a flock of geese is called a gaggle. I wonder what you call a consist of Cabeese? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

ATSF 191313?? Didn't see this in a search. Still available?

[@Ericstrains]

which one was that?

[@oldmanjimh3165]

@@Ericstrains Long flat car with building on rear. Maybe a switcher?

[@oldmanjimh3165]

@@Ericstrains Zoomed in on the car #.

[@Ericstrains]

Oh this one… kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZe6kJeBZdijgpIsi=tZtwh0OXGsUvtCjK

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Yes, ty.@@Ericstrains

[@christsogaugetrains]

Should really go to train AA for help

[@Ericstrains]

Ha

[@christsogaugetrains]

@@Ericstrains btw just kidding Just crazy the amount trains you have not sure anyone else has a bigger collection wish I could come visit the layout but I don’t travel well at my age

[@allohiorailfan6123]

The thumbnail says it all

[@plunkervillerr1529]

Marx guy here, I suggested doing this with Chuck some time ago, but it`s a problem with most Marx because of only one coupler per unit. You didn`t allow for Fani`s Caboose.

[@RyanKlapperich]

I counted 59!

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

Same. 59

[@DeadlySpoon12]

Is the plural of Caboose, Cabeese?

[@Ericstrains]

I've always said Cabooses.

[@scottjackson3009]

I counted 57...

[@richardsobieck9660]

Quite a gaggle of Cabeese! Well done!

[@thesheq5023]

So what i hear you saying is you like flat cars…

[@Ericstrains]

🤣

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

Total missed opportunity to title this video "The End"

[@Ericstrains]

Ha, that'd be a great clickbait title

[@WhatAboutTheBee]

@@Ericstrains exactamundo!

[@bxjibaro73]

@Eric's Trains - Great 👍🏼 idea for a theme