BUGGY"Caboose; rarely applied to other cars
BULL"Railroad policeman. Also called flatfoot or gumshoe, but the distinctive railroad terms are cinder dick and 'bo chaser
BULL PEN"Crew room ...
Buggy Track
A caboose holding or storage track.
Builder's Plate ...
Buggy (also Crummy, Cabin, and Hack)
Common terms for caboose.
Buggy Track
A caboose holding or storage track.
See "buggy."
CTC (Centralized Traffic Control)
Train dispatching conducted at one location for several or all of a railroad's designated operating divisions.
Stiff Buggy
Specially designed four-wheel truck used for transferring coffins and rough boxes inside a station.
Stinger ...
This "dune buggy" is reminiscent of a vehicle the Army was testing at Fort Hood in 1973. If not an exact replica, it looks darn close to what I saw.. The 1st Cavalry was also experimenting with motorcycles for some of its recon units.
Buggy - Caboose
Buggy Track - Caboose track.
Bump - To exercise seniority in replacing a man in his position.
Bumper or Bumping Post - Device that stops cars at end of a stub track.
Custom Finishing produces unpainted white metal kits of various pieces of MOW equipment, like this switch tamper with laser alignment buggy.
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.
 See also: Track, Locomotive, Switch, Section, Wagon
  
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