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2. Caboose - Wikipedia

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   A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Originally flatcars fitted with cabins or modified box ...

3. Disneyland Railroad - Wikipedia

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   [105] [144] The caboose on the end of the freight train had not made it fully across the switch when it was pulled, and as a result the caboose's front set of wheels correctly traveled along the siding while the rear set of wheels incorrectly traveled along the main line towards the passenger train, causing the caboose to swing to the side ...

4. End-of-train device - Wikipedia

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   The end of train device (ETD), sometimes referred to as an EOT, flashing rear-end device (FRED) or sense and braking unit (SBU) is an electronic device mounted on the end of freight trains in replacement of a caboose. They are divided into three categories: "dumb" units, which only provide a visible indication of the rear of the train with a ...

5. Carolwood Pacific Railroad - Wikipedia

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   7 + 1⁄4 in (184 mm) Length. 2,615 feet (797 m) The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a 71⁄4 -inch (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It featured the Lilly Belle, a 1:8- scale live steam locomotive named after Disney's wife ...

6. ‘Something magic.’ New Hope Valley Railway marks 40 ... - AOL

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   The train operates on select days in the spring and Thursday through Sunday from June 1 through Labor Day. For an extra fee, you might be able to ride in the locomotive or the caboose.

7. Brake van - Wikipedia

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   Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose, but a British brake van and a caboose are very different in appearance, because the former usually has only four wheels, while ...

8. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   A rail vehicle wheelset, comprising two wheels mounted rigidly on an axle. A wheelset is a pair of railroad vehicle wheels mounted rigidly on an axle allowing both wheels to rotate together. Wheelsets are often mounted in a bogie ("truck" in North America) – a pivoted frame assembly holding at least two wheelsets – at each end of the vehicle.

9. End of the line for Red Rail’s classic ‘Mochamotive’ train ...

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   August 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Red Rail Espresso, the small Kennewick coffee chain with a devoted following, will leave its iconic caboose in Southridge for a new spot just a stone’s throw away. De ...