For the sake of newcomers to Burlington fandom, lets please correct
errant headings rather than repeating them. For the newcomers (&
welcome aboard!): although 'caboose' is the common name used by many
railroads and the general public to describe the car at the end of the
train (pre-FRED era), several RR's were very particular about using a
different term. Pennsy used 'cabin car' (and indeed their cabooses
looked like cabins) but the Q going back to very early days used the
term 'waycar'. Different theories have been advanced as to
why 'waycar' but suffice it to say waycar was the official term,
showing up in Annual Reports nearly 150 years ago. Waycars were not
unique to the Burlington; the term was also used by Santa Fe for a
number of years and while BCR&N was under 50/50 Q/Rock Island
ownership, it used the word 'waycar' (promptly changed to caboose when
the Q sold it's 1/2). Several RR's our East also used the term. Gerald
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