When Erie Railroad Used Cabooses
Mar 29, 2016 08:34:45 #
Taken in Woodridge, NJ when train crews had cabooses on the end of the train.
Mar 29, 2016 09:10:21 #
Yup!! All trains - freight, passenger (Central and Penn) traveling in NJ to NYC had them. Most of them were red. As a kid, growing up in Bradley Beach, NJ, I lived a few blocks from the RR station. We would place pennies on the RR tracks as a train approached. Of course the train would flatten and enlarge the coin. We'd keep them in our pockets for good luck. Some kids drilled a hole in them and put them on a chain for wearing around the neck.
BTW: The town is "Wood - Ridge". There is also another called "Woodbridge". Thans for posting the memorable photo.
Mark
BTW: The town is "Wood - Ridge". There is also another called "Woodbridge". Thans for posting the memorable photo.
Mark
Pixelmaster wrote:
Taken in Woodridge, NJ when train crews had cabooses on the end of the train.
Mar 29, 2016 09:10:34 #
I have loved watching trains since I was a kid a long time ago and just can't get used to seeing one go by without a caboose at the end.
- Don
- Don
Mar 29, 2016 09:23:27 #
markngolf wrote:
Yup!! All trains - freight, passenger (Central and... (show quote)
Nice. I know Woodbridge, NJ. I at one time work for a company headquartered there (I was located in CA).
Yes, these days I see engines at both ends of the train.
Mar 29, 2016 09:39:48 #
Since they don't need brakemen anymore, there is no need for the caboose. It still weird to see trains without them. It is like a sentence without a period
Mar 29, 2016 10:26:46 #
PhotoPhred wrote:
Since they don't need brakemen anymore, there is no need for the caboose. It still weird to see trains without them. It is like a sentence without a period
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 30, 2016 08:46:41 #
Nice photo. I always wanted one of those in my back yard for a study, etc.
Mar 30, 2016 10:18:47 #
Mar 30, 2016 13:01:52 #
RobertW
Loc: Breezy Point, New York
There is no sound in the entire world to match a train whistle at 3AM!!!!
Mar 30, 2016 13:39:08 #
RobertW wrote:
There is no sound in the entire world to match a train whistle at 3AM!!!!
I have one about 2 miles away, sounds at about 3AM every day, love it, wish it was closer!!! :-D
Mar 30, 2016 17:10:35 #
There is a motel in Strasburg Pa that is a whole bunch of cabooses. I drove through there last weekend and it looks like there is 20 or 30 of them. Pretty cool. I live about 1 hour from there, but I think I will book a weekend there just for the fun of it.
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