The caboose, and its "rules"

[pennman]

Were there rules about cleaning and restocking supplies/ number of hours a caboose could be used before needing service? I suppose they might have varied from road to road? That might have operations implications for modelers who want to include caboose movements in their scheme.

Ralph

I use to watch operations at browns yard PRR and the ELyard in perth amboy. Browns yard had 3 tracks for cabins. One had a frieght type building next to it, this was the restock and mait. building, the other 2 tracks where storage for in boundand out bound cabins. The guys on the Penn Central where great and friendly,i got to see alot around there, but that was back then.