Well, if unfamiliar with combine, coach, or drovers cabooses, many had a small crew compartment at one end and a longer passenger compartment at other. While there were trains run up branches or entire shortlines that could not be turned, many photos, such as that of the famous Pagosa Springs coach caboose, show the crew compartment at the very rear , which makes sense (to me) ideally, but would not have been always practical. I was merely portraying why some, these, cabooses might have had a preferred direction in train make-up, to put crew in closest proximity to the very end of train.
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