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Subject: [CBQ] Re: Remote control cabooses
From: "Chuck Hatler" <gnhistory07@live.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 10:23:44 -0500
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Friends of the Q,
 
MRL uses the cabooses to operate remote control units while switching in yard limits.  The cabooses contain the electronics.
Here is the full answer, off the GN List:
 
 
1. How come they still use cabooses and hardly anyone else does?

The MRL mainly uses them to house remote control electronics. The caboose is connected to a locomotive through the m.u. cables and allows an operator on the ground with a remote control pack to then control the locomotive for switching moves, within yard limits. MRL has a few "regular" cabooses for switching crews on locals, and for long backup moves. There is a good article about MRL operations in this month's TRAINS magazine.

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?

This is a locomotive headlight, as this caboose is a remote control unit and is technically a part of the locomotive consist. (Note the m.u. hoses on the end.)

3. The lettering on the side of the car says "remote control caboose," what can you tell me about remote control cabooses?
As noted, it actually is the means MRL uses to house the remote control receivers and other electronics that allow a man on the ground to control a locomotive. Most railroads prefer to modify a loco itself to have this capability. MRL likes the flexibility of having a remote control car that can be mated to any locomotive through the m.u. connections.

4. Did GN own remote control cabooses?
No. The BN had some EMD B units that were converted to RCUs to control locomotives in the middle or rear of a freight train (i.e. for distributed power, similar to the DPUs today).

Chuck Hatler


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