Due to the "full (fool) crew laws" in various states, each railroad handled accomodating the "extra" man in different ways. In Indiana, the Monon had a fleet of what appeared to be makeshift caboose/boxcars on is local freights. This "caboose" often rode behind the locomotive. (See _http://www.monon.monon.org/bygoneother/LN_francesville11-24-72.jpg_ (http://www.monon.monon.org/bygoneother/LN_francesville11-24-72.jpg) ) Did the ERIE/EL have any such specialized equipment on their local freights in Indiana -- or was this just a "Mononism?" Bill Shapotkin The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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