Gregg posted:Maybe it is staged, , As a conductor / brakeman that's what we did . And no he's not going to catch the hoop with a lit fusee in his hand. He could be dropping off a train register ticket slip.... Way bill or anything , don't know.
I must admit that I have NEVER seen a Rear Brakeman, nor Conductor hang THAT far out on the caboose steps, simply to "drop off" a message or any other piece of paper information!