Caboose

Bien vu Hors service ..

Haha - definitely out of service! Merci, Ghislaine.

Nice shot!!

Thanks a million, Don!

step for step :-)))

1-2-3. Danke, aNNa!

I really like the colours in this one Diane! Nicely composed through the fence and dead grasses.

Thanks a million, Keith!

Good for recycling !

Kind of hard to carry it to the recycling enter - lol! Thanks, Pat.

An excellent find and shot Diane.

Thank you very much, Jeff!

Keiner kommt, keiner geht ...

Just sitting there forever...Danke, Heidi!

I have the same question as roeli!

Keeps people out of the caboose. The train collector told me that.

I have another question, which I should have asked before as I'm still none the wiser. What is a caboose?
Obviously something to do with the railways, but what?

.... my English is a desaster, Andy, but in German we have a word "Kabuff" or "Kabäuschen" (may be jiddish roots), means a small hut ...

It was traditionally the last car on the train, where the crew would keep an eye on things. It had a cupola in the middle so someone could overlook the rest of the train back toward the locomotive. They haven't been used in years, altho one state (Montana?) mandated that they still be used, after the railroads had otherwise abandoned them--a little officially sponsored featherbedding! You can now find old cabooses (cabeese?) repurposed as things like quaint vacation cabins. Here's one at a bed & breakfast in Cle Elum, Washington state:
www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/22969459/in/album/440431

Just tonight I saw a video of a caboose tiny home in Portland! I remember them well, it was mandatory for kids to wave at the crew in the caboose as it went by. I've seen inside one and it was fitted with a small wood or coal stove, mini-kitchen, bunks, etc. ;-)

Thanks for the info, Steve!

Aha! I wonder if caboose came from kabuff! See Steve's description below.

See slgwv's explanation below. This is a typical caboose, an oldie:


In O'Brien, Oregon.

gorgeous color and composition. better watch out though or you might find your self in california!

Oooh, wow, I hope so! ;-b Thank you, raingirl!

Seen a lot of miles...