All styles, all vintages and all colors of the unique little cars that bring up the rear! For more than 100 years, the caboose has been a part of the railroad scene. Mike Schafer offers this full-color gallery filled with caboose history and development, plus interior and exterior design details, and discussion of the life of a railroad conductor who lives in cabooses. Tells of the ultimate demise of the caboose and its uses after retiring from the tracks.
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Mike Schafer hails from Rockford, Illinois, where he recalls his earliest train-watching experiences on the Illinois Central, Milwaukee Road, Burlington Route, and Chicago & North Western. He vividly can recall his first train rides, circa 1952, on IC\u2019s Hawkeye and Land O\u2019 Corn between Rockford and Chicago. Eventually he would declare the latter — America\u2019s railroad hub — his \u201chonorary hometown. Mike and his little dog Archie reside in a house (which includes a 1,600-square-foot model railroad) next to BNSF\u2019s busy Twin Cities mainline in a small town outside Chicago where he also serves as village trustee and occasionally mayor pro tem.
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Good basic reference book with great photos,
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I bought this book while restoring a 70's era caboose for the local museum. It provides a good history of the caboose with its uses, variations and ultimate replacement by less expensive equipment. The photography is excellent (as is true with other books in this series). Very good value for the money.
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As a railroad modeler I look for information that helps me accurately model the prototype and this book contains many great photos of the railroad caboose.The book is a great research tool for me.
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I bought this for my dad he loves trains and he loves it
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What did the little Auburn & Syracuse, a 26-mile railroad born in the early 1800s to connect its namesake cities in upstate New York, have to do with the caboose? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caboose crew, cupola caboose, slack action, wheel report, train orders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mike Schafer, World War, New York Central, North Western, Leon Onofri, Steve Smedley, Thomas Hoffmann, Jim Mischke, Rock Island, John Dziobko, Pennsylvania Railroad New!
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What did the little Auburn & Syracuse, a 26-mile railroad born in the early 1800s to connect its namesake cities in upstate New York, have to do with the caboose? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caboose crew, cupola caboose, slack action, wheel report, train orders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mike Schafer, World War, New York Central, North Western, Leon Onofri, Steve Smedley, Thomas Hoffmann, Jim Mischke, Rock Island, John Dziobko, Pennsylvania Railroad New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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