<P> Since nearly the beginning of railroading in North America , the conductor on freight trains rode aboard a caboose , along with the rear flagman and the rear brakeman , and performed duties from there . Advances in technology and pressure to reduce operating costs made cabooses redundant , and in most cases they have been eliminated . This relocated the conductor from the rear of the train to the locomotive ( or locomotives ) at the head of the train . In most cases , these same conditions gradually eliminated members of the train crew under the conductor -- head and rear brakemen , flagmen , and others . </P>
<P> Since nearly the beginning of railroading in North America , the conductor on freight trains rode aboard a caboose , along with the rear flagman and the rear brakeman , and performed duties from there . Advances in technology and pressure to reduce operating costs made cabooses redundant , and in most cases they have been eliminated . This relocated the conductor from the rear of the train to the locomotive ( or locomotives ) at the head of the train . In most cases , these same conditions gradually eliminated members of the train crew under the conductor -- head and rear brakemen , flagmen , and others . </P>
where does the conductor ride on a train
where does the conductor ride on a train
the locomotive ( or locomotives ) at the head of the train
the locomotive ( or locomotives ) at the head of the train