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  2. Caboose - Wikipedia

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    Also, caboose motels have appeared, with the old cars being used as cabins. [18] A bay window caboose numbered FCD-17 is still being used by the Philippine National Railways for non-revenue maintenance trains. It was built in Japan in 1962 and is used as an inspection car by the Philippine National Police. [19]

  3. Roadrailer - Wikipedia

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    During one demonstration test a train of RoadRailers was broken down in the middle of an industrial street in Portland, Oregon which happened to have track in the street, demonstrating the flexibility of the system. Another note was that a RoadRailer train did not have a caboose, which at the time was still required for freight trains.

  4. Brakeman's cabin - Wikipedia

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    Brakeman's cabin on a German goods wagon built around 1920. A brakeman's cabin (also brakeman's cab) or brakeman's caboose (US) (German: Bremserhaus) was a small one-man compartment at one end of a railway wagon to provide shelter for the brakeman from the weather and in which equipment for manually operating the wagon brake was located.

  5. The Cockaboose Corp. is the coolest HOA ever — and it’ll ...

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    What does the HOA do? By purchasing a Cockaboose, you become a 1/22 owner in The Cockaboose Corp., and like any HOA, pay the dues, which just had a large increase.

  6. Eagle Mountain Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Kaiser Steel had two home-built cabooses it used on the Eagle Mountain Railroad. The first caboose was KS 1905 and was constructed at the Fontana Mill in 1948. The second caboose was KS 1918 and was constructed at the Fontana Mill in 1953. Both cabooses were similar to those used on the Southern Pacific Railroad at that time.

  7. Brake van - Wikipedia

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    The brake van in the passenger trains (usually the first and last coaches in the train) is a part of a coach and consists of an enclosed room/cabin with two small seats facing opposite each other, one seat having the writing table for the guard to assist writing and working his train, the opposite seat being a spare.

  8. Florida East Coast Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.

  9. Once-Loved American Steakhouses That Are Gone Forever - AOL

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    Launched in 1969 in San Francisco, the chain turned boxcars and cabooses into dining rooms. It was a gimmick, but in the ‘70s, gimmicks sold. At its peak, Victoria Station had over 100 locations ...