Conoce los CABOOSES, porque iban al final de un tren, su origen, su trabajo y su legado en México

✅ We talked about the usefulness of cabooses, what life was like on board, and why they fell out of use. In the past, train conductors used to sit on something in the last car to direct the train. But in the 1830s, a man named Nat Williams had the idea of ​​installing an office in an empty freight car at the end of the train. This idea would spread to other railways and countries, creating a new type of car that would revolutionize rail travel and become as iconic as the locomotives themselves. The caboose was the mobile office and living quarters of the conductor and brakemen. Its most common form was that of a small passenger car with a dome on the roof. Inside, there was the conductor's office, an observation post in the dome, a stove, bunks, a toilet, and the necessary tools for the job, but above all, plenty of supplies so that if a problem forced them to stop, the crew would have enough water and food while stopped. If a train split while in motion, cabooses were key to stopping the runaway cars. There were many types of cabooses, and we're going to focus on the three most common models in Mexico: Center Dome Caboose Bay Window Caboose Wide Window Caboose It was great to watch a train and wait to see a person waving at the end of the train. They also became a way to promote the railroad's image, like a mobile advertisement. They became a symbol of the train's end, much like an exclamation point at the end of a sentence. Both children and adults love the caboose so much that if a model train doesn't have one, it seems incomplete. Cabooses became a symbol of the railroad, perhaps even more iconic than the locomotives themselves. Currently, cabooses are discontinued. Their usefulness and symbolism are such that, even though they are no longer needed and serve other purposes, they will never be forgotten. They disappear in a practical sense, but they remain part of our memories. It continues to symbolize the work of railway workers, and now more than ever, seeing them at the end of a train will be a major event. Our friends who made this video possible: -Juan Viladrosa:    / trenesmx   -Roberto Ibañez:    / trenesmx   -Ferronoas:    / ferronoas_5   -Ferromex 100:    / ferromex100   -Cesar Perales Saldaña: ​​   / @trainsags   -Angel Saldívar Hernández:    / @cpkc_4594   -Kenneth Finnegan:    / @kennethfinnegan   -Roo4114: https://www.instagram.com/atzelcerx?i... Attribution: Riding a Caboose at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum Kenneth Finnegan    • Riding a Caboose at the Western Pacific Ra...   Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ✔️Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... ✔️Telegram Channel: https://t.me/maquinista3029 ✔️Contact: [email protected] ✔️Follow us on Facebook:   / maquinista3029oficial   #Maquinista3029 #Trenmorelia #Tripulacion3029 #RailwayEnthusiast3029 #CPKCMorelia #PassengerTrain #Caboose #Engineer3029 #MoreliaTrain #Crew3029 #RailwayEnthusiast3029 #KCSMMorelia #Caboose