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What is a caboose?

What is a caboose? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete, nautical) A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
  2. (US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
  3. (slang, baby-talk or euphemistic) buttocks
  4. (slang, sports) The person or team in last place.
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At the end of the train was an open caboose where we were able to view the mountain scenery more clearly.
There was also an air brake gauge and emergency brake valve in the caboose.
For one thing he had lost his caboose, and although he eventually secured a locker for his gear he had to move back on to the messdeck.
All of these images are from the sides of boxcars, coal cars, miscellaneous freight cars and a caboose.
This is only worth noting because the train had a caboose, which is rarely seen these days.
Rule 99 provided that fusees be dropped from the caboose if your train could not maintain track speed.

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