{"id":2834,"date":"2025-10-21T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danisphotographe.com\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T21:37:20","slug":"caboose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danisphotographe.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/caboose\/","title":{"rendered":"Caboose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Fabricant \/ Manufacturer :<\/td><td>Canadian National Railway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Ann\u00e9e \/ Year :<\/td><td>1967<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Type :<\/td><td>Fourgons de queue \/  Caboose<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Num\u00e9ro \/ Number :<\/td><td>CN 79274<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This Caboose is preserved at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=4dcf95639e6c46b2&amp;cs=1&amp;sxsrf=AE3TifPZ7K_-Hyi61sy1vW47UAObpted-A%3A1761080491827&amp;q=Railway+Museum+of+Eastern+Ontario&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi329yImLaQAxU_M1kFHVFtD38QxccNegQICxAB&amp;mstk=AUtExfAEgOsXjkiYZmrFIY3KO_6qLyJ1rxYYGg3cZ4dcm3S0mQv9XJ3shiRgfi0PgLVPm62vIGHgWJDbZJw2B6P7pSNOxewFSPprIQoYIsfyORdCVAsUX0HcCQrNRZrKd0QSyfLRJv6uACe2mXWL-o0V4iKLso-NCdUv3_1ZYXWRdiCCDg9QxmFOCuB_BfKqEwX5o1kcHC3ttAxkR27rlNCglKEzqdVB2GymVp3uKHsmEFFuKtUlRsZXNbdXPbASuCgKPZulq9rSKtdewFLEoi5lDWIea5WBmDcwbDzZAMkTb6AXhb0aODW8MbwqpsrMD1Azcw&amp;csui=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow sponsored ugc\" title=\"\">Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario<\/a>\u00a0in Smiths Falls, Ontario.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this is an example of a modern, extended vision cupola caboose <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cupola caboose is\u00a0a type of railroad caboose with a raised, glassed-in lookout on top, allowing the crew to observe the train from a better vantage point. 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