Steam locomotives gave way to diesels, and cabooses were replaced by little boxes. |
Several train cabooses have been moved to the resort, set on rail tracks and equipped with bathrooms, heat, and beds. |
In addition, the railroad car inventory includes more than 200 special-purpose units, such as depressed center cars and cabooses. |
Cabooses are another fast disappearing symbol of the railways, those that remain are a gaunt remnant of the former glory of a bygone era. |
Pooled cabooses stayed with a train to final destination and the crew slept in a bunkhouse like the engine crews had always done. |
Within these sections, individual chapters list locomotives, freight and maintenance-of-way cars, passenger cars, cabooses, and items. |