Why Did Trains Have Cabooses?

[@eryhv]

Thanks for making this series! This video was really educational, even for someone with moderate railroading knowledge. I'm looking forward to more!

[@H.pylori]

Excellent video. I am new to trains and this is a good beginning. You explained what that torpedo thing is and why the people in the caboose were vital to train safety.

[@vadmscheer]

Awesome way to enjoy the museum, even from home. Keep it up!

[@youngheec6728]

I remember Caboose was up 👆 to mid to late 80s. 🚉

[@kylewalker2160]

Great teaching video, thank you!

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Bring back the caboose. It's cool.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

A good series to watch is Hell on Wheels set around the building of the transcontinental railroad

[@mancamiatipoola]

TY for this wonderful explanation. I recently got a caboose for my Transport Fever 2 game and i honestly had no idea what they were for, just that they looked cool in the back of a train. Now i know what their role was.

[@jasonervoes1326]

The only time i see cabooses at the end of long freight trains nowadays are just at the state borders for long hauls. Other places they use a caboose once in a blue moon not too often. The deliveries they make are local runs. That's probably why you don't see cabooses that much anymore blah. Jim Openshaw is a licensed railroad engineer. He told me he drives freight trains from Delaware to North Carolina. Thêre is still one caboose at the end. I gues if they still use cabooses are just for long hauls and shoving platforms in the convertion yard. Nỏt for local runs.

[@gordonsnell6735]

Very nice 😊😊

[@dc59600]

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