Ask Trains: Why do EOTs only flash at night?

Ask Trains: Why do EOTs only flash at night?

By | August 14, 2019

Starting in the 1980s, cabooses were largely replaced by automated end-of-train (EOT) devices

An orange end of train device is seen atop the rear coupler of a passing train

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