[CBQ] Re: Remote control cabooses

["zepyr99000" <zephyr9900@charter.net>]

The far less expensive dedicated caboose has the remote control electronics 
mounted in it and can be MUed with any combination of non-dedicated motive 
power as opposed to the electronics mounted in a expensive dedicated 
locomotive.  Also the broken caboose can be fixed and returned to service a lot 
quicker than a broken locomotive.  And the head light at both ends just adds 
versatility in caboose placement.  Just my 2¢

Herb


--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "bobbinbill229" <wscott@...> wrote:
>
> 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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