Definitions for cabin car
cab·in car

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1. cabin car, caboosenoun

   a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

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1. cabin car

   A caboose is a crewed North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were formerly required in switching and shunting, keeping a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. Originally flatcars fitted with cabins or modified box cars, they later became purpose-built with projections above or to the sides of the car to allow crew to observe the train from shelter. The caboose also served as the conductor's office, and on long routes included sleeping accommodations and cooking facilities.A similar railroad car, the brake van, was used on British and Commonwealth railways (the role has since been replaced by the crew car in Australia). On trains not fitted with continuous brakes, brake vans provided a supplementary braking system, and they helped keep chain couplings taut. Cabooses were used on every freight train in the United States and Canada until the 1980s, when safety laws requiring the presence of cabooses and full crews were relaxed. A major purpose of the caboose was for observing problems at the rear of the train before they caused trouble. Lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices eliminated a lot of this need. Older freight cars had plain bearings with hotboxes for crews to spot overheating – as freight cars replaced these with roller bearings, there was also less need for cabooses to monitor them. Nowadays, they are generally only used on rail maintenance or hazardous materials trains, as a platform for crew on industrial spur lines when it is required to make long reverse movements, or on heritage and tourist railroads.

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1. cabin car

   A cabin car, also known as a caboose, is a rail vehicle traditionally used at the end of a freight train. It provides shelter for crew members who handle switching and shunting tasks, inspect the train and carry out other operational duties. It usually has facilities like a small cabin for rest, a kitchen and other amenities for crew comfort during long journeys.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cabin car in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of cabin car in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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