09-03-2009, 12:27 PM
This topic once came up on railroad.net, and someone mentioned that there was a real powered caboose - electric, no less. No explanation of why anyone would build such a thing.
Fan of late and early Conrail... also 40s-50s PRR, 70s ATSF, BN and SP, 70s-80s eastern CN, pre-merger-era UP, heavy electric operations in general, dieselized narrow gauge, era 3/4 DB and DR, EFVM and Brazilian railroads in general... too many to list!