06-10-2010, 10:27 AM
[quote="Gary S"]My layout is of a freelanced 1979 shortline industrial railroad. So would this railroad typically use cabooses on its switching journeys? [quote]
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I think you'd be well within the realm of "believability" if you went either way (i.e. with or without). But the middle ground might be the "shoving platform". Could be an older steel caboose (or even a wood one in 1979) that has had the doors and windows covered or welded shut. This provides simply a place for crews to stand when executing a backing manoeuver. Some railroads went so far as to modify flatcars or other cars for the same purpose.
Andrew
Well, it's your creation, so you tell us...!
I think you'd be well within the realm of "believability" if you went either way (i.e. with or without). But the middle ground might be the "shoving platform". Could be an older steel caboose (or even a wood one in 1979) that has had the doors and windows covered or welded shut. This provides simply a place for crews to stand when executing a backing manoeuver. Some railroads went so far as to modify flatcars or other cars for the same purpose.
Andrew