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    In Britain it is called a brake van but worldwide it has been replaced by a mechanical device. The removal of the law requiring its use occurred in 1989. What is it?

    Question #88856. Asked by BrieBrie123. (Nov 22 07 6:19 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		A caboose (US railway terminology) or brake van or guard's van (British terminology) is a manned rail transport vehicle coupled at the end of a freight train.

    Until the 1980s, laws in the United States and Canada required that all freight trains have a caboose. Technology eventually advanced such that a caboose was unnecessary, providing improved bearings and lineside detectors to detect hot boxes, and better designed cars to avoid problems with the load.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_van

    Nov 22 07, 10:02 AM

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