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Re: Why the Bay window caboose?
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 07-13-2017 - 16:43

HollySugarSW1 Wrote:
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> Safety. The train's slack would whip the the
> caboose, sometimes tossing to conductor/brakeman
> out of the cupola.

That slack could toss you out of the bay window as well. We had one guy who was flipped over the partition and landed on top of the stove. UP cabooses had seat belts, and their bay window cars often produced violent lateral movement (although the older cupola cars rode pretty good).

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  Why the Bay window caboose? HUTCH 7.62 07-13-2017 - 10:15
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? Clarence 07-13-2017 - 10:34
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? HollySugarSW1 07-13-2017 - 10:40
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? To Save Money........ BOB2 07-13-2017 - 11:30
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? stash 07-13-2017 - 13:54
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? George Andrews 07-13-2017 - 15:37
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? HUTCH 7.62 07-13-2017 - 19:10
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? Craig Tambo 07-13-2017 - 16:43
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? Nudge 07-13-2017 - 18:14
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? 1stcajon 07-13-2017 - 18:28
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? Hash 07-13-2017 - 18:59
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? Brian w de Spain 07-14-2017 - 08:10
  Re: Why the Bay window caboose? SP guys! 07-14-2017 - 12:34


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