Drover's Caboose - Clinchfield#1045
N 29° 37.668 W 081° 48.300
17R E 422070 N 3277814
A very out of place caboose. It has sat in this yard for over 20 years.
(This caboose is a replica created using a mobile home Caboose Chasers Management Group)
Waymark Code: WM4CZY
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2008
Views: 79
Clinchfield#1045, a drover's caboose
Edit to Waymark: This caboose is actually a mobile home disguised as a drover's caboose according to a well respected "caboose historian" (caboose9).
Drover's cabooses looked more like combine cars than standard cabooses. The purpose of a drover's caboose was much more like a combine as well. On longer livestock trains in the West, the drover's caboose is where the livestock's handlers would ride between the ranch and processing plant. The train crew rode in the caboose section while the livestock handlers rode in the coach section. Drover's cabooses used either cupolas or bay windows in the caboose section for the train crew to monitor the train. The use of drover's cars on the Northern Pacific Railway, for example, lasted until the Burlington Northern Railroad merger of 1970. They were often found on stock trains originating in Montana.
Current Use:
This caboose is sitting in the front yard of a private house that has a model railroad displayed in his yard.
Type Of Caboose: Drover's
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Visit Instructions:
Please visit the location of the caboose, brake van, or guard van, provide visit details through photo or narrative.