tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post8682357922185317400..comments2024-03-11T05:45:17.383-04:00Comments on Eye Candy: Forced RetirementAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08408980791673021797noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-92074952349508070212014-11-18T07:28:33.192-05:002014-11-18T07:28:33.192-05:00As a child my favorite part of the train was the c...As a child my favorite part of the train was the caboose!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-79576123247012478272014-11-15T20:04:36.633-05:002014-11-15T20:04:36.633-05:00I didn't know this. I wonder if it has a relat...I didn't know this. I wonder if it has a relationship to the more frequent derailments I've heard about.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02971991029290518107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-81880669790960750642014-11-15T17:13:37.521-05:002014-11-15T17:13:37.521-05:00Nice image, Andy. I recently came across a caboos...Nice image, Andy. I recently came across a caboose -- sitting at a museum, to prove your point -- and took three or four bland photos. I couldn't think of a way to make the photos interesting, so they will sit lonely in my archives.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-10642618935708107252014-11-15T15:42:40.697-05:002014-11-15T15:42:40.697-05:00I think we could use them on our trains today - th...I think we could use them on our trains today - think of the horror stories we are hearing about trains with only one crewmember!RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-39016764642696675832014-11-15T14:20:00.869-05:002014-11-15T14:20:00.869-05:00And given recent events, you'd think they shou...And given recent events, you'd think they should have never relaxed those rules.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-78652899905104026542014-11-15T11:04:52.858-05:002014-11-15T11:04:52.858-05:00That is so true. I see many of these doing just t...That is so true. I see many of these doing just that. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-40292094032879517932014-11-15T10:45:47.602-05:002014-11-15T10:45:47.602-05:00I know more about trains than I ever dreamed possi...I know more about trains than I ever dreamed possible...because my boys love them so much. They were just watching a documentary this week about how cabooses were no longer needed. Now the train is finished off with an 'End Of Train Light" on the last car. Lovely caboose you have there!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-14886588099589797292014-11-15T10:12:13.571-05:002014-11-15T10:12:13.571-05:00Always fun to see one as it brings back memories t...Always fun to see one as it brings back memories that our grandchildren will never have. Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469878511196407233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-38076561882610216372014-11-15T09:28:51.150-05:002014-11-15T09:28:51.150-05:00Cabooses were one of my favorite aspects of a trai...Cabooses were one of my favorite aspects of a train. I don't even remember the last time I saw one in use.Brian Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937257563835611400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-70961688435397151872014-11-15T08:37:06.174-05:002014-11-15T08:37:06.174-05:00Really? I had no idea cabooses had been given the...Really? I had no idea cabooses had been given the brush off. I wonder if that's true here in the States. (I rarely see trains on the west coast of Florida.)SRQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10076279765970764962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-13524585396641060542014-11-15T06:52:37.411-05:002014-11-15T06:52:37.411-05:00Yes I like those old trains, they look so nice.Yes I like those old trains, they look so nice.biebkriebelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539958495933835606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17947028.post-39916260988020477232014-11-15T06:34:45.576-05:002014-11-15T06:34:45.576-05:00Nice shot of a phenomena unknown in europe. It mus...Nice shot of a phenomena unknown in europe. It must have had its advantage over the situation today but of course its always money that decide in the end. Thanks for showing Andy.s.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053064476533947580noreply@blogger.com