[CBQ] Remote control cabooses

["bobbinbill229" <wscott@optonline.net>]

If you scroll down this page

http://mrlblog.qstation.org/?p=1243

to the 7th picture, you see a rear view of a MRL caboose. My questions are

1. How come they still use cabooses and hardly anyone else does?
2. The large white light on its roof makes sense, but I don't remember such 
lights on cabooses in the past. What did they do when backing up a train? 
Didn't they need a white light on the rear car?
3. The lettering on the side of the car says "remote control caboose," what can 
you tell me about remote control cabooses?
4. Did CB&Q own remote control cabooses, or are they way too recent an 
invention?

Thanks

Bill Scott






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