Big Jim posted:Rusty Traque posted:Big Jim posted:ChiloquinRuss posted:When that procedure was used they used a caboose with welded up doors. It was then called a 'riding' car.
I guess that depends on the RR.
A riding car is just about the only use for a caboose nowadays.
Rusty
Yes, maybe. Yet, there is at least one caboose that is used in Roanoke Terminal these days and its doors aren't welded shut, which was the point that I was trying to make. It makes a big difference when one can get out of the weather on a long shove move.
Point taken. But, the purpose of a caboose in today's world is vastly different than it was in the good old days.
Rusty