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West Virginia cabeese

JonathanS — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:25:34 GMT

Greetings friends, I'm kind of a new member here and would like to say thanks to all for keeping the information flowing about cabooses. Originally from

Re: CVRX 101 on the move

Mike Penn — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:46:34 GMT

According to a knowledgable voice from the TWin Cities, the caboose is destined for a base in Omaha, NB. That is all that I have thus far...... Mike Penn

CVRX 101 on the move

Dean — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:27:08 GMT

CVRX 101 the "Robert W. Barnier" (ex-Soo 101) is on the move west towards Minneapolis on CN today. The car has been owned by the Locomotive & Tower

X designator

Don — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:26:44 GMT

Great Northern also used an X for the caboose fleet. Don Vaughn Hampton, IA

Re: Bangor & Aroostook Caboose Fleet

George L. Wybenga — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:17:29 GMT

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Re: Bangor & Aroostook Caboose Fleet

Paul Hobbs — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:40:02 GMT

Good morning William, In the Summer of 1981 I was visiting Maine and took slides of: C-99 newly painted in the Red-Gray-White Stripe scheme C-96 and C-93 in

Re: Southern Railway Cabooses

Doniphan Branch Railway - Elvin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:18:58 GMT

My understanding was that the X designation was for "company" cars that weren't to roam off home rails. By using that designation for a caboose, they may have

Re: Southern Railway Cabooses

WARREN STEPHENS — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:12:43 GMT

The X designation is not unique to Southern cabooses. Lots of railroads used it including my two personal favorites, the Central of Georgia and the Tennessee,

Southern Railway Cabooses

BugBoy1998_1999 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:14 GMT

I have a few caboose questions relating to the Southern Railway. 1. Why did the steel caboose designations all start with X? a. Were there other designations

Bangor & Aroostook Caboose Fleet

barstowriff — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:36:03 GMT

I'm still trying to put together a BAR caboose roster from various sources, although it is hard slogging. I'm hoping someone on this list will have further

Re: Caboose questions

Lawrence Platt — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:34 GMT

Jason, Here is a link to a PDF from the Milwaukee Road, that answers your question on page 3 under CABOOSES GET FACE LIFT. It's dated April 1981. <

Caboose questions

railmaster — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:54:35 GMT

What was the price of a new caboose in 1981? Also when a railroad ordered a new fleet of cabooses, when did it pay for them? Jason Reimer Railroad Musuem of

CO&E wooden caboose in need of restoration

coerhistorian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:10:46 GMT

The Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad, once known for running modern piggyback trains behind steam locomotives in the 1980s, STILL rosters an ancient wooden

C&O caboose for sale

RogerK — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:08:08 GMT

Steel, cupola, C&O 90221 is in the Ohi-Rail Yard, Minerva, Ohio. Roger, Cortez, CO

Re: C&O caboose for Sale

l_c_mac_donald — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:35:05 GMT

Hi Adam, Where is 90221 located?