One caboose, two caboo, three cabeese, four - cabess? caboss?
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| Red and blue cabooses |
The red caboose is on the main line, awaiting clearance to head southbound; the blue is on the Pier siding.
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| Two cabooses in the cold rain and snow |
The red caboose is a N5B class, the blue is a "cupola" type.
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| Old Colony and Boston and Maine meet again |
The red caboose sports the colors of the Old Colony railroad. The blue caboose wears the venerable Boston and Maine livery.
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N5 class was introduced in 1914 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the
first all-steel caboose. This red one was originally with the PRR; it
is thought to be of 1920s vintage. The blue caboose was originally a
wooden caboose. It was rebuilt by the B&M on the original frame but
with a steel body. A closer look shows it to be shorter by a few feet
than the "usual" caboose length.
All three photos are relaxed view 3d stereographs.
Caboo? YOU are too funny!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you - it is always nice to see some vintage rolling stock still in use.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like the right kind of weather to be sitting in a cozy caboose, heading somewhere, looking back at where you were!
ReplyDeleteIn the third photo, the building in the background looks like a caboose!
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