A captivating consist of cabooses indeed. 😄 The Chessie Lab caboose with the searchlight is priceless. Thank you Eric...HI Lisa !
@henryszubielski860110 ай бұрын
At a count of 60, you'll never be caboose-less. 😊 Very colorful selection Eric! Sweet.
@TrainManIII10 ай бұрын
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!
@josephschuster149410 ай бұрын
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. 🚂
@JanetVaughn-cm3et10 ай бұрын
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 !
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@josephschuster149410 ай бұрын
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! 🚂
@railroadguy10010 ай бұрын
A great consist of so many cabooses. The long Santa Fe one with the flat deck is amazing
@donaldjobson679910 ай бұрын
Eric, you have one impressive collection of cabooses. In my opinion every train should have a caboose
@TriGogglin9 ай бұрын
Very nice collection of caboose you have, the chessie with the search light is really awesome
@chiconian4910 ай бұрын
That was great Eric. I loved all the colors.
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@rwchannel883210 ай бұрын
🫡 Hail to the one and only, the caboose! 🚂
@rudolphward437510 ай бұрын
Outstanding collection of cabo0ses.
@delwoodjef10 ай бұрын
That's a LOT of Cabeese!!!
@ColtonRMagby10 ай бұрын
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.
@carltesh961210 ай бұрын
A nice consist and variety of colors farewell to the caboose
@ColtonRMagby10 ай бұрын
@@carltesh9612 They are still used occasionally for shunting, but nowhere near as much as they used to be.
@timothymclaughlin686010 ай бұрын
Ha! That’s too fun!Never thought of doing that. A caboose parade. Nice! Somebody’s gotta be unafraid to lead the caboose parade! 🙂
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@3dartistguy10 ай бұрын
Thats a Largest collection of Cabooses I've ever seen!
@MrStevesTrains10 ай бұрын
Very cool Mr. Eric 👍🏻 I especially liked that C&O Chessie Work Caboose with the searchlight. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@newbright262910 ай бұрын
Holy caboose now that is a lot of caboose Eric wow.
@Mildcat74310 ай бұрын
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.
@davidcrump874010 ай бұрын
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.
@gordonsnell673510 ай бұрын
Pretty cool there Eric, you definitely have a lot of cabooses there that's for sure
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
You got that right!
@robertjohnson229010 ай бұрын
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.
@frankbeams43339 ай бұрын
Your videos are the best!
@Ericstrains9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@frankbeams43339 ай бұрын
@@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
@frankbeams43339 ай бұрын
And I listened to you today on Miniature Models podcast.
@kyletrummel6910 ай бұрын
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.
@TrainBandit10 ай бұрын
Have you ever heard them called cabeese! 😂🤣
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
I say cabooses lol
@TrainBandit10 ай бұрын
@@Ericstrains it goes both ways but it's a weird railroad slang 😂
@2045American10 ай бұрын
😊😊 super, american train ( Cabousse).😊🚂🗽🚂🚂🚂.
@BearCreekWoodworking10 ай бұрын
So fun to watch your cabooses roll by Eric! Was this all your cabooses? Or do you have more? 🤷🏻♂️🚂😃
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Rammstein4510 ай бұрын
Chessie System paint will always be my favorite.
@davidstrainsandlego10 ай бұрын
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
@apricotandwesternrailroad566210 ай бұрын
Holy Mackerel Eric! You have a lot of Cabooses!
@Powerwordfreedom10 ай бұрын
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
@JonathanColemanMoreTrains10 ай бұрын
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?
@V-max9710 ай бұрын
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.
@RonnyTheEngineer10 ай бұрын
Awesome.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@tracysmith33710 ай бұрын
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 🤦♀️🚂
@Ericstrains9 ай бұрын
I've always said cabooses.
@Ohiotrucker110 ай бұрын
No matter what train I run, i've always have a little red caboose training behind.
@ThunderboltSirenStudios10 ай бұрын
Even a passenger train?
@Ohiotrucker110 ай бұрын
@@ThunderboltSirenStudios Yep
@ThunderboltSirenStudios10 ай бұрын
@@Ohiotrucker1 interesting
@mr.shadestrains603310 ай бұрын
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
@paulnash69449 ай бұрын
There’s something about cabooses that makes trains feel complete. The FREDs just don’t have the same effect.
@TheCobraCommander10 ай бұрын
Now that is a caboose train if I ever saw one.
@parts32310 ай бұрын
How many are from the MPC era or older? Anyone can collect modern stuff.
@Puddin_Pi10 ай бұрын
The caboose was very important. We have a nice one at our railroad museum. #trainfam
@bearowen548010 ай бұрын
Nice! Good job, Eric.
@daveallen989310 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information
@oldmanjimh316510 ай бұрын
Since going the way of landline phones they should hold their value.
@truckingindustries72289 ай бұрын
Hi, can you do a review on the Union Pacific 9000
@Jared-9110 ай бұрын
Caboose addiction is real. I have 19 cabooses with 3 on the way.
@gustavovasile4289 ай бұрын
GREAT!!
@jamesdenny473410 ай бұрын
Say Eric, is all those cabeeses in your collection?
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
yes
@brianlohr341210 ай бұрын
Very nice Eric !!!!!
@Mich28910 ай бұрын
That's a lot of caboose
@Northcoastrails10 ай бұрын
I like bay window caboose 😊
@philipperiopel191110 ай бұрын
Caboose; is it a derived word from cab house? Just asking.
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Probably, I have no idea lol
@brianbaird310 ай бұрын
You have one of my rail roads caboose the blue FEC
@Allnightexplor10 ай бұрын
Eric, fun Friday video!
@oldmanjimh316510 ай бұрын
ATSF 191313?? Didn't see this in a search. Still available?
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
which one was that?
@oldmanjimh316510 ай бұрын
@@Ericstrains Long flat car with building on rear. Maybe a switcher?
@oldmanjimh316510 ай бұрын
@@Ericstrains Zoomed in on the car #.
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Oh this one… kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZe6kJeBZdijgpIsi=tZtwh0OXGsUvtCjK
@oldmanjimh316510 ай бұрын
Yes, ty.@@Ericstrains
@ErikVince9 ай бұрын
Like the new intro
@snakeyez1509 ай бұрын
Eric can you do a video on how to custom paint a model o gauge locomotive?
@Ericstrains9 ай бұрын
I've never done a complete custom paint job on a locomotive.
@403guy10 ай бұрын
Is the plural cabooses or cabeese? I heard railroaders use both terms so I don't know.
@shayfan0510 ай бұрын
Didn’t see a B&O or a C&O pre chessie era.
@daveallen989310 ай бұрын
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
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
I think those pullmor motors can get warm after a while
@kaedenthecsxamtrakandthoma831810 ай бұрын
1:43 look at that cartoony whistle
@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars10 ай бұрын
Nice Caboose
@Prewarpostwaramdmore10 ай бұрын
Hi, my name is Tom, and I'm a caboose-aholic. It's been Almost a week since I bought my last caboose....
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Ha
@ARMYVETT10 ай бұрын
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. 😉
@richardsobieck966010 ай бұрын
Quite a gaggle of Cabeese! Well done!
@DavidLevine10 ай бұрын
A future giveaway question - how many cabooses (cabeese) does Eric have?
@fredogden93610 ай бұрын
If a flock of geese is called a gaggle. I wonder what you call a consist of Cabeese? Inquiring minds want to know.
@plunkervillerr152910 ай бұрын
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.
@F40M0710 ай бұрын
Cabeese!!!!
@angeloavanti253810 ай бұрын
A 'murder' of caboose.
@angeloavanti253810 ай бұрын
Maybe even a 'caboosapalooza' Doh!
@DeadlySpoon1210 ай бұрын
Is the plural of Caboose, Cabeese?
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
I've always said Cabooses.
@larrybaughman61810 ай бұрын
🤠🖐🚂
@Bjorn5432110 ай бұрын
hell yeah
@charlesmcclure599410 ай бұрын
👍👍
@allohiorailfan612310 ай бұрын
The thumbnail says it all
@christsogaugetrains10 ай бұрын
Should really go to train AA for help
@Ericstrains10 ай бұрын
Ha
@christsogaugetrains10 ай бұрын
@@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
@RyanKlapperich10 ай бұрын
I counted 59!
@WhatAboutTheBee10 ай бұрын
Same. 59
@WhatAboutTheBee10 ай бұрын
Total missed opportunity to title this video "The End"