→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation= →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut In this video: Carrying a brakeman and a flagman back when brakes were set by hand, when it was time to slow the train, the engineer would blow the whistle. This signaled to the brakemen, and one would emerge from the caboose and work his way toward the engine, while another would leave the engine and work his way back toward the caboose. At each car, the brakemen would stop and turn its brakewheel with a club. Once the train stopped, the flagman would leave the caboose with a flag, lantern or other visual display and walk back down the track to warn any approaching trains. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/07/cabooses-go/ Sources: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-02-02/features/9502020309_1_caboose-train-freight http://articles.philly.com/2015-05-15/news/62170969_1_amtrak-train-robert-sumwalt-new-york-bound-train http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-02-02/features/9502020309_1_caboose-train-freight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Philadelphia_train_derailment http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/20/lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster-inquiry-finds-string-of-safety-failings http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2013/r13d0054/r13d0054-r-es.asp http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/politics/philadelphia-train-accident-speed-investigation/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/world/americas/canada-rail-disaster-report/ http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/why-don-t-trains-have-cabooses-anymore/article_ea4cb5fb-da41-5915-b899-1b540fe21989.html http://www.up.com/aboutup/history/caboose/technology_overtakes/index.htm http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/10/02/us-