I normally just read the 3 rail O guage trains forum, so I don't know if this is noteworthy or not. I saw a caboose on a regular line today.

It was in southern California and I was coming up on a freeway interchange going from the I-15 freeway to the 91 freeway. Just before the interchange, the 15 freeway crosses over a couple of lines used by BNSF, Amtrak and Metrolink. The area is light industrial and you normally see a number of freight cars sitting there. I saw some movement behind the parked cars, and looked back over my shoulder as I drove past. There were 2 engines and a caboose moving slowly to the east. I'm not good at engine I.D., and even less so looking back over my shoulder at 65 mph, so I couldn't tell the engine types. They did seem smaller than the BNSF engines that haul freight through the area. One of the engines was in Burlington Northern colors - green and black, and the other was Santa Fe in blue and yellow. The caboose was an ATSF red extended vision type with white lettering.

Kind of neat to see a caboose.

We have three BN green & yellow extended vision cabooses in Sheridan, WY. I use one several times a week. Today the caboose was leading as we shoved 9 cars 8 miles out of town to spot. Coming back to town we had a nice little train of 16 loads being pulled by a BN Sw15 and complete with a graffiti-free caboose on the tail end as it ought to be.

Wyhog

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Originally posted by Wyhog:
Coming back to town we had a nice little train of 16 loads being pulled by a BN Sw15 and complete with a graffiti-free caboose on the tail end as it ought to be.

Wyhog

/Do you have to make a special request to get a graffiti-free caboose?

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Do you have to make a special request to get a graffiti-free caboose?

No. You just have to live in a thinly populated rural state, away from the low-lifes in the big cites.

Wyhog