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NS Caboose?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:28 pm
by 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?
Re: NS Caboose?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:31 pm
by 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
Re: NS Caboose?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:47 pm
by 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
Re: NS Caboose?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:56 pm
by 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!