The car runs and has made several very breezy trips to the end of our track. It was restored by Bill Norman. This cupola-style caboose was donated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It was built in 1926. It was damaged when it rolled off the end of a track into a ditch on our property.
Restoration is in progress.
Cabooses were located on the rear end of freight trains. The conductor and flagman rode there where they could observe the train ahead from the cupola or bay window for problems. In the days when track had no signals, the flagman had to be available at the rear of the train to flag down or stop a following train if his train stopped on the main line. The conductor used the caboose as an office to handle the train's paperwork, and it sometimes doubled as living quarters for crews away from home. Inc. It was used on trains running between the Sloss plant in Tarrant and mines near Flattop.