Question about Santa Fe Caboose.

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Hi There,

Just starting an N Guage Sante Fe layout in Australia, could someone please give me some idea what year the Santa Fe RR stopped using a caboose on the end of their trains, any help would me much appreciated.

Regards
Dave
Downunder.

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Dave most U.S railroads stopped using cabooses in the mid to late 80’s. I’m not exactly sure of the exact time frame. You can contact the historical society here http://www.atsfrr.com/.

hope this helps

tom

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Thanks for the information and the link Tom, it sure does help.

Dave

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My Santa Fe railfanning has mostly been in the Galesburg Illinois area, so perhaps it is not representative of the whole railroad – but my impression is that the Santa Fe was quicker than most to discontinue cabooses once that was allowed under the union contract – mid 1980s – while for various reasons the BN and Soo and some other railroads would use cabooses from time to time on mainline freights into the 1990s.
Dave Nelson

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Thanks for the reply and the help Dave

Regards
dave.