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- Location: Nashville, TN, United States
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Just a Tgirl trying to illuminate some new paths for which to explore. Writing represents the bulk of my time on the internet these days. Otherwise Im just hangin loose here, made some friends. Cool ;) [View All]
I'm about 5' 6" and weigh ohhh 120 more or less... :)
"caboose"
in case you may not know, it was the last car
at the end of a train, usually it was a red or
occasionally a yellow color which would be
clearly noticed
this car was manned in order to monitor the
train from that end for any issues, particularly
in case an axle from one of the coal cars locks
up and catches on fire
but i guess this feature was eliminated due to
improvements in the wheel assemblies, or maybe
because they had new electronic monitoring for the
crews in the locomotives
if you are under the age of thirty, this may not have
been general knowledge to you since the use of these
cars were phased out sometime in the early 80's,
now a red flashing light signifies the end of the train
you can see one of these cars parked near the city
square just north of the Tennessee/Kentucky
border in Guthrie- there is just enough rail
underneath to hold it braked in place
i think the rails once extended to the mainline
and the car was trapped there when acetylene
cutters terminated its route in either direction. the
men who rode it are now ghosts who are still
looking for work-
to-day there are thousands riding the caboose of
their careers amidst the red lights that flash from all
imaginable directions, many of them are still sitting
motionless upon routes that go nowhere...
"caboose"
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