What is the last car on a train called?

A caboose is a train car that is usually at the end. If you are pulling up the rear, you could call yourself the caboose. The engine is the first car on a freight train, and the last car is usually the caboose. Besides being last, the other feature of a caboose is its use by the crew.



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Many American passenger trains, particularly the long distance ones, included a car at the end of the train called an observation car.

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The end of train device (ETD), sometimes referred to as an EOT, flashing rear-end device (FRED) or sense and braking unit (SBU) is an electronic device mounted on the end of freight trains in replacement of a caboose.

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The origins of both the car and the word are surrounded as much by legend as by fact. One popular version dates the word back to a derivation of the Dutch word kombuis, which referred to a ship's galley. Use of cabooses began in the 1830s, when railroads housed trainmen in shanties built onto boxcars or flatcars.

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Most in the US would call them cars -- flat car, passenger car, coal car, tank (or tanker) car, box car. I believe the Brits prefer wagon. – Hot Licks.

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A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers.

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When a caboose was used, usually the senior trainman rode in it. Historically, he was called the flagman or rear brakeman. The other trainman, the “brakeman” or “head brakeman,” rides the engine.

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The caboose was largely replaced by technology. Today, railroads utilize End of Train Devices (EOTs), sometimes referred to as a flashing rear end device (FRED), in place of the caboose. The EOT attaches into the air hose on the trailing car in the train.

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Hopper toilet The hole in the floor (also known as a drop chute toilet or direct flush toilet) system is still in use in many parts of the world, particularly on older rolling stock.

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Deadman control panel A deadman system (vigilance, alertness, drivers safety device, SIFA, VACMA) monitors the drivers alertness and applies the emergency brakes when the driver is not responding to indications given by the system.

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Train surfing (also known as train hopping or train hitching) is the act of riding on the outside of a moving train, tram or other forms of rail transport.

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sleeping car, also called sleeper, railroad coach designed for overnight passenger travel.

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Yes, locomotive engines typically have a toilet, also known as a lavatory or restroom, for the use of the crew members who operate the train.

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The toilet was simply an outhouse-style hole cut in the floor with a stool on top of it. When the caboose was in service, the toilet was only to be used while the train was rolling out in the country.

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Red was the traditional color for a caboose because it was the cheapest paint color available. Other bright colors – yellow, blue or green – have been used to ensure a train could be seen.

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There is currently no federal regulation limiting the number of cars in a train or number of crew needed.

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