Around the time of the split the last really old cabooses got retired, so far as I know, I remember the last "Northeastern" was retired in Buffalo and donated to the WNY NRHS. There's been some of the older PC transfer cabooses around, and at least one Reading wide-vision, but yes most are N21 bay window cars.
scottychaos wrote:It happend system wide 1984-1986.
I started taking train photos in 1983, Southern Tier Main, NY state,
in 1984 cabooses were still in normal use, nearly ever train still had one..
by 1987 it was over, they were gone on mainline trains.
Scot
I agree, sometime about 1985-86 is when the bulk of their trains dropped them.
I did see a photo of a SeaLand double stack train operated by Conrail (before NYSW took the contract) with a Pennsy cab on the rear.
I never saw a caboose on an APL stack train when they started running in 1984