B E LOW: Pristine Weye r h a e u s e r C o m p a n y c a boose N o . 4-an e x - O rego n , C a l i fo r n i a & E a stern waycar-brings up the rear of a trainload of woodchips at Rocky POint, Wash., on Feb. 8, 1 992. Greg Brown

ABOVE: The conductor on Green Bay & Western's East Winona-Green Bay train No. 2 prepares to step off caboose 1 1 7 as it drifts past the First Street Pub in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., on Oct. 1 1 , 1 99 1 . Number 1 1 7 totes a FRED on its rear coupler as the cabooses on Nos. 1 -2 are not always manned during their trips across Wisconsin. AS. Nelson PACI F I C RAILNews 5 1