| Posted by Dan I. on February 1, 2023 | |
To me, a train without a caboose looks like it is in a switching move.
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Does the linkage from the truck power a generator? Great photo, this is my favorite caboose design.
Gregory
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Ditto on both of the above comments.
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Some cabooses had belts that ran the generator, and from what I have seen they must has ran very fast in how they were configured. I never saw this design before. It would have to be flexible with two universal joints one at each end with a slip spline as the truck negotiates the track's rough surface and curves.
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Somewhat like a Spicer drive on old passenger cars. It ran a generator to charge the batteries.
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