Bobbers

North America's Four-Wheeled Cabooses

The late Ed Neubaum spent over four decades studying the history, construction, and users of the most diminutive cabooses ever to ride North American rails. These cars were built from shortly after the Civil War until the mid-1910s, when state laws heavily restricted their use. Still, these cars remained in service on a number of Class 1 and short line railroads until the late 1960s, and many survive today in preservation. With both introductory text and B&W photographs of bobber cabooses on 130 different railroads, this book is a comprehensive look at the operation and history of four-wheeled cabooses across the continent. This title is being made available to South Platte Press for distribution by the publisher.

ISBN: 978-1-7349588-1-2