Caboose #3 by goodoleboy
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This time a caboose, in relatively good shape compared to most of the others, captured way back on 5/13/06, at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California. An 80-acre site featuring 200 steam, diesel and electric locomotives as well as passenger and freight cars, streetcars, and other railway equipment. Rail transportation in the West from the late 1870s through the 1960s is depicted.
I don't see cabooses at the end of trains much anymore
This will ZOOM, but not by very much.
All aboard!
Comments (6)
MrsRatbag
What a beautifully clean and well-maintained railway car; superb series of shots, Harry, that is absolutely lovely!
magnus073
I really do like this old caboose, Harry.
bebopdlx
Cool shots.
claude19
SUPERB shots, with splendid details !!! I love tyrains !!!
Cyve
Fantastic captures and great pictures also !
anahata.c
When you posted this (just a few days back), it did feel nostalgic: No, you don't see many cabooses anymore. I don't know why. Even on passenger trains, you don't see them. I guess there's no need for them anymore. In any case, these are awash in saturated yellows---helped by the fact that they're made like new for display. And you got the contrast of bright yellows with shadowed yellows, making several of the shots almost 'abstracts in yellow'. You gave us both ends plus a big side view (for completeness), and ended with some of the metalwork on one of the ends. Like your car shots, you gave a good sampling. And the 2d and 3d bring home how much of a "home" these cars were: In 2, the "smokestack" is positively quaint next to the "upper room". Love it. And in 3, we see the rickety nature of the bolts, something so typical of older cars. It too makes it seem "homey". And you gave us the fire-station-red railings going up to the top of the car. These call out "antique". These are contrasts of reds and blues, both saturated and all-present. Delightful shots, Harry. I'm just sorry that you didn't get these with higher resolution, so they could be bigger. You couldn't help it, of course, it's what you had to work with then. But it's a vivid group, with real presence and quaintness. I'll do more trains next time.