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caboose

North American brake van for freight trains
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caboose

Summary

caboose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,077 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • caboose is a type of brake van[2].
  • caboose's Commons category is recorded as Cabooses[3].
  • caboose's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cabooses[4].
  • caboose's Commons gallery is recorded as Caboose[5].
  • caboose's designed to carry is recorded as conductor[6].

Body

Definition and Type

caboose is a type of brake van[2].

Why It Matters

caboose ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,077 views/month).[1] caboose has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] caboose is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Designed to carry → conductor
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → brake van
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293664905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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