NS Caboose?

[AmtrakCSXRailfan]

Was heading home last night and Saw a single NS unit leading a short train with a car on the rear that looked very much like a caboose on the NS Dearborn division east of Toledo. Any answers to what it migh have been?

[Ypsi]

most likely a shoving platform, used when there are no turning facilities or a long reverse move is necessary to do a job. Jou also may have seen one of these

A transfer caboose, used as a caboose/ shoving platform


or one of these? but probably not...

NS uses modified flat cars as shoving platforms

I hope some of this info helps

[thomas]

it was a high and wide movement. SD60 several military tanks, a couple of mpty flats, a mpty snobel car and that ns caboose..its parked at elkhart in today

[AmtrakCSXRailfan]

Thank you both especially thomas for the info and yboy, I've actually got a model of a conrail one in ho made from An athearn bay window caboose. They are pretty neat!