Re: Caboose location in train
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Thanks Q used that on the Oregon turn out of Eola.? A mainline mixed train and yes I think it had a pot bellied stove.? Lasted til the mid 60s I think.
Aside to your point re steam lines. Generally hookups and disconnections of steam lines required a steam pipe fitter. Union rules and a safety issue.? Another reason to have the passenger cars up front with the locomotive.
The Burlington has many doodlebugs for branchline operations. The line from Rockford to Rochelle had one at one time. Later went to busses. The doodlebugs were of many configurations including combines, baggage, rpo.? They could also haul a passenger car and some freight cars at times
Not all passenger cars in mixed service had steam heat, they had coal stoves and could be located either in the front or rear of the train.? My "cabbage" model is based on a Santa Fe prototype that was used as a caboose for the local.? Note the stack near the end of the car.
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Also, the CB&Q had a shorty combine that was also used as a caboose.
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Rich G(ajnak)
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