Bobber caboose, Lady Edith and the Mystery Car
Truck detail
Close-up of leading truck and drive wheels ...
Bobber
A short, four-wheel caboose.
Bobtail
1. Switch engine. 2. Motor Carrier slang indicating a non-revenue movement without a trailer or container attached.
A "Bobber" 4-wheel caboose of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad preserved at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado.
Bettendorf-type freight car bogie; note the solid bearings around the ends of the axles.
Bobber
A short, four-wheel caboose.
Bobtail Haul
Early slang expression indicating that a locomotive was pulling only a few cars and a bobber caboose; a short train.
Bobber: (archaic, US): A slang word for a small caboose with just four wheels, all rigidly mounted to the frame. This design was common in the 1800s. Bobber refers to the bouncing motion of such a caboose in motion.
An early slang expression indicating that a loco was only pulling a few cars and a bobber caboose; a short train.
Bobber
A short four-wheeled caboose.
The car that carries the crew of a freight train. ItÂ's almost always at the rear of the train. Slang terms for the caboose include buggy, bouncer, bobber, cabin, cage, crummy, hack, palace, and way car.
Caboose - Found at the end of a freight train and primarily utilized as a crew's quarters, a caboose is sometimes called a bobber, crummy, or way car.
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Crummy A wooden, two truck or bobber trucked, caboose. Also called a way car, hack or, in the days of living in them, a bean shack Current of Traffic The movement of trains on a main track, in one direction, specified by the rules.
 See also: Track, Locomotive, Train, Caboose, Section
  
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