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PanAm Railways ST 17 or MEC 575

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Engine Details
Number	Marks	Current Disposition	Eng. Serial No.	Eng. Built:	Date Acquired:
17	ST	Scrapped at Waterville	17416	10/1952	June 16, 1981
Eng. Type:	Engine Maker:	Trucks:	Horsepower:	Weight:	Engine:
GP7	EMD	4-Wheel B-B	1500	246,000 lbs	567B 16 cylinder
Bore & Stroke:	Fuel Capacity:	Truck Wheel Base:	Tractive Effort (starting):	Gear Ratio:	Speed:
8.5" X 10"	800	9'-00"	65,000 lbs @25%	62:15	65 mph

All diesel engine data is usually from The Diesel Shop with inclusions from Wikipedia where the information on The Diesel Shop was spotty. Former Maine Central Locomotives are checked against Maine Central Diesel Locomotives Revised Edition by Edwin B. Robertson.

Heritage: ex-MEC 575

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Definition
Term	Defined As
Caboose	A non revenue car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train. These cars go by many nicknames and some of them show a particular use. Bobbers (also Bouncers, Buggies, Carts, Go-carts, Hacks, Mudchickens, Mudhens, Shays, Whip Crackers, or Wiebles) were small two axle cabooses used by logging railroads and shortlines and on early branchlines to provide extra braking power when descending hills when speeds were slow or as cheap crew accommodations. Transfer Cabooses (also Cabin Cars, Trailers, or Vans) were usually flat cars with part of a boxcar tacked on or converted box cars used for short runs between yards and switching runs and internal accommodations varied by needs. Drovers Cabooses were combines with an added cupola in the freight area. The Drovers (Livestock Handlers) had the passenger section and the train crew usually had the freight area. They were also used on narrow gauge and short lines where few passengers were accommodated. Bay Window or Side Bay Cabooses had side bay windows instead of a cupola which permitted the train crew to look along the side of a train, especially when rounding curves, for detection of hot boxes or other trouble. Other Caboose nicknames: ambulance, anchor, bazoo or brain combined with wagon or box, chariot, clown wagon, crib, cripples' home or house, crumb box, crummy, den, diner, dog house (also used for the cupola), glory wagon (men killed in train wrecks, caboose or otherwise, 'went to glory' and rear end collisions were common early on), gorilla cage, hay wagon, hearse, kitchen, library, louse cage, madhouse, monkey (cage, hut, or house), palace, parlor, parlor shack (rear brakemen were the 'parlor brakemen'), rest room, strawberry patch, temple of knowledge, treasure chest, waycar, or zoo.