The Caboose

That little red car on the end of freight trains is called a caboose. You may not see many these days, but when I were a small boy they was ever where. The caboose was real useful back in the day for that's where the train workers would go to do paperwork, fix their food, and rest. Sometimes they would sleep there on long trips and sometimes a crew would live there when they was out fixing a section of track or taking care of a wreck. I remember a man who would go out with these wreck crews and feed them. He owned a real good restaurant where we would go eat from time to time. I always got the chicken fried steak. I hear'd tell that mens would get all excited when a wreck was announced because they got to eat his good cooking. In the town in the next county, where the railroad shops used to be, they has a museum. Outside the museum you can see a big train engine and a caboose. I may, at a later date, give you a website where y'all can look at pictures of the railroad museum. They has a picture of my grandma when she was attending a ladies' meeting of some sort. She was all dressed up like it was a real big deal.
Tomorrow: Going Places on the Train