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Cabooses were injury traps for the personnel who rode in then. Hundreds of slack action related injuries because of them. Not to mention the operational delays putting them on the train. I for one, are thrilled to see them gone. Best UTU agreement ever in October of 1982. Cabooseless trains are a sign of the times!

Should’ve kept the cabooses. If I drove a train, having my home away from home would’ve been important

Back when this happened, I think you could purchase one for under $5000 (my memory is may be wrong forgive me) they would get it as close to your desired destination as possible and you were responsible from that point forward. I was a young sailor at the time but thought they would make a great pool house if you had the space.

Now railroads are trying to get rid of conductors altogether

Shame I wasn’t alive to see then

The Caboose was my favorite car on trains.

I mean it does suck but the EOT they have now is very useful too cause it does go all the way to the back tho

"You don't have any men on the back of that train to see if anything is going wrong." YES! Women, I am only quoting what the man said. EXTRA EYES! Very important!

the official "contractual" beginning of the end started with the 1982 national agreement... article X... "elimination of the caboose"... right after, arbitration board 419 was created to deal with any disputes concerning trains without cabooses... arbitration board 419 is the reason why the carriers have to supply bottled water and crew paks... it's also responsible for locos having "comfortable seats" and refrigerators

Imagine a time when the network news spent this much time on something so insignificant…yet got all the details correct. Correct job titles, equipment names. Now they can’t pronounce their own names correctly. Oddly I worked not only in the media…but also I have worked for three different railroads. Lol

And to think class one railroads are pushing for bare minimum crews while making trains double in length.

That’s progress for you it goes in reverse map forward.

I Remember The Bay Window Cabooses On The Southern And L&N (Later Seaboard System) Around Gadsden/Attalla, AL In The 1970s And 1980s.

Those who work with the Railroad. We thank them for doing their role and jobs on a Caboose. We hate to see the current state of America’s finest transportation. ❤️

I’m glad I grew up in the 60’s and got to see cabooses on the end of the trains and watching them go by when the crew was on the back and would wave. Great memories.

Brokaw reporting on the death of the Brake Caboose. After that day all cars have the FRED beacon attached to the end.

Labor costs money. Crew goes from five (engineer, fireman, headend brakeman, rearend brakeman, and conductor) to two .(engineer and conductor)

The local union Pacific line here in Colorado springs still uses a caboose it's a rio grande railroad caboose

Now through monetary inflation they are working on eliminating humans.

Damn whoever invented the Freddy became rich😮

the glamour has gone from todays railroads...

when I was a child in the early 1960s, I always wanted what they looked like inside, so one night while the crew was busy placing coal hoppers ahead, I climbed up in the caboose and it was warm and cozy but did not dare stay long...

Back when the railroads got a new crew consist per a PEB to eliminate brakeman on through freight trains, so went the caboose, now starting next year they can now eliminate brakeman on locals and road switchers

And now starting in 2025 the Class I monopolies are going to really push for nothing more than an engineer on trains, because of course, the investors who are the real ones running companies now don't think operating ratios are low enough yet.

They would make great tiny homes !

Until they discovered that you can balance trains out by putting engines there

Should bring them back. look at how many wrecks have happened since they quit using them.

Just another way for fat cat corporations to pad the pocket book at the cost of safety. Remember, their rule book and clip bord knows more than all our years of experience 🤬

Thank you for sharing this video. My dad worked for The Milwaukee Road, and I remember when they began sidelining all of their cabooses - plus everything else upon the deadline.

It was so sad to see them go! Thanks for posting this!!

I always enjoyed the caboose crew waving to me as a kid. Once cabooses were gone, I felt like trains were like a dogs without tails.... 'just didn't seem right

I was counting engines, train cars, and waiting for the caboose as a kid in '88. They dried up quickly around then.

At least one of them is a former B&LE unit.

absolutely stellar video!

(That's a coincidence ! I stopped Vid at exactly 29:51 not noticing yet that vid ends at exactly 51:29 !) I love all the trackwork in here; the switch for the main or thru the diamonds (their signals), then on thru the diamonds, crossing the main, around the curve onto the complex bridgework, the 2 ships on the water, below...Great shots...all...

In honor of the several IP plants that are being closed in the next few months

Great stuff!! Great to see you're posting such wonderful content!

Love that horn.

Great video Bob!! I will have a lot of questions for you the next time we chat!

Awesome video 😎. Love hearing those 567 prime movers hum 😌

I got a real chuckle seeing that makeshift taped “weatherstripping “ on the F unit nose which was very common on SOO F’s back then so the crews wouldn’t freeze in winter. You did what was needed to be somewhat comfortable.

Awesome 💚 👌 👏 👍 😊

Is this in Arden Hills?

And you showed the good part, Bob.

I love that, “doink, doink, doink” sound of the bell! 😂

The SD45s are of SP heritage, while the F45 is of BN heritage. During this time the SD45s were still wearing SP paint, while the F45 was wearing BN paint with a flying "U".

Great show Bob!!

Love this stuff...

Very cool. I was born in summer of '77 and we lived just south of the (what used to be double) tracks between Lexington Ave and Victoria St in Shoreview. Our house was within walking distance to Island Lake Elementary School. I remember Soo Line and BN going by every day. I even still have some HO trains from back then. Great layout!

Summer Months of 2000,to be exact.The Company Carrier operated until Spring of the following year when it became History.