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I remember an Illinois Central wooden caboose that IC ran between Hopkinsville KY and Nashville TN. This was the old Tennessee Central West Division that IC took over in 1968. I saw it between 1969 and 1974 or so. It looked like a converted box car because it did not have a cupola or bay windows. It did have a small sliding door on each side to allow the conductor to reach out and grab train orders without having to stand on the back platform. They believed this practice was safer.

tncentrr posted:

I remember an Illinois Central wooden caboose that IC ran between Hopkinsville KY and Nashville TN. This was the old Tennessee Central West Division that IC took over in 1968. I saw it between 1969 and 1974 or so. It looked like a converted box car because it did not have a cupola or bay windows. It did have a small sliding door on each side to allow the conductor to reach out and grab train orders without having to stand on the back platform. They believed this practice was safer.

Used to see those all the time during the '60s on the local that delivered lumber to the neighborhood lumber yard.

Rusty

Tinplate Art posted:

They could not be safely pushed by a helper locomotive.

There wasn't much call for pushers on the likes of the Burlington, IC, GM&O or other Granger railroads.

It was quite common to see wooden waycars on the Q on mainline freights during the 60's storming through the Chicago suburbs.  (And they even had woodbeam trucks!)

Rusty

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