Interior of a Railroad Caboose, Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, February 1926
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The caboose served as an office for the conductor, temporary living quarters for the train crew and a storage shack for tools and equipment. The cupola at top provided crew members with a place to watch for problems with the train. Computerized record keeping, trackside defect detectors and smaller crews all made the caboose obsolete by the 1980s.
The caboose served as an office for the conductor, temporary living quarters for the train crew and a storage shack for tools and equipment. The cupola at top provided crew members with a place to watch for problems with the train. Computerized record keeping, trackside defect detectors and smaller crews all made the caboose obsolete by the 1980s.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
11 February 1926
Subject Date
11 February 1926
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.548.P.833.45511
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in (book)
Width: 11.25 in (book)
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