I'm with a number of you regarding a caboose at the end of a train. It's been 30+ years since the Class 1's dropped cabooses from the rear of trains and I still miss seeing them. (And yes; I am aware many still use them as shoving platforms in local service.)
Reduced operating costs and fewer employee injuries are certainly good reasons for elimination of cabooses from real trains but, on the Harrisburg, Horningford and Western, cabooses will continue to run until the current president quits breathing.
And lest someone accuse me of insensitivity to my tiny rear end crewmen, every caboose and/or cabin car on the HH&W is equipped with lap and shoulder belts to keep our 1:48 conductors and brakemen safe from slack action caused by speed demon engineers.
Curt
