BN #12355 - Greenfield, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 37° 24.784 W 093° 50.851
15S E 425000 N 4141033
Today the caboose is declared "dangerous" by the Federals, and has been replaced by "End-Of-Train" devices.
Waymark Code: WM15NNH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2022
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County of caboose: Dade County
Location of caboose: Wells St., Greenfield
built new for BN, blt 2/80
Three caboose set here, not to be used, awaiting disposal.
"Today, thanks to computer technology and economic necessity, cabooses no longer follow America's trains. The major railroads have discontinued their use, except on some short-run freight and maintenance trains. The caboose has been replaced by something called the end-of-train device, a portable steel box about the size of a suitcase that's attached to the back of the train's last car. Railroad companies say the device accomplishes everything the caboose did-but cheaper and better." ~ Chicago Tribune, By Greg Beaubien, 2 Feb. 1995