For those interested in buying a caboose - CP Rail is selling what seems to be two former Soo Line cabooses. Here is the thread:

Caboose marker lights I use Tomar's Adlake LED markers on my DC layout, with a "flicker-free" homebrew easy-to-make-yourself circuit designed by Jim Betz (Google "Jim Betz circuit") …

When did marker lights on cabooses's (cabeese) stop being used? What were the most common color of lights? I know that red was to show to the rear, but what about the front and sides? …

They were caboose marker lights from two different railroads and different. It had nothing to do with the time period, just a difference in rules for both railroads.

Our seventh caboose model is the HO Scale Southern Railway Gantt Manufacturing Company Bay Window Caboose System. This Southern Railway system covers the 1969-1974 …

Get a hold of a trucking outfit that moves heavy machinery like road construction graders, bulldozers, and etc., they could probably load up and move a caboose.

On a caboose the direction it points to is determined to be the B end of the caboose to match most all of the rest of the freight car fleet. Some freight cars have a small B inside a cirle …

In the late 1960's, both of Canada's transcontinental railways decided to replace "assigned" cabooses with "run through" cabooses in main line …

Reported on the Northern Pacific Groups io, the AMB / LaserKit Building line has apparently been revived by Berkshire Valley Models and the AMB / LaserKit Caboose Line by Lake Junction …

The 1811 (safety caboose color was red) is still in the safety caboose scheme but is deteriorating by a restaurant in Staunton, VA. Does anyone have any photos of the 23 Chessie System …