Something unusual was attached to the Norfolk Southern Corp. train headed out of Portlock Yard on a recent Friday morning. The boxy rail car hanging on the end of the train showed patches of red paint ...
It has the original conductor's chairs and railing, and new features like a handmade outdoor deck. The caboose, in Decorah, Iowa, is available for reservations. Jim Dotzenrod purchased this train ...
A Southern Pacific rail car, now part of Rockport's museum, symbolizes the city's rich railroad legacy and future projects, drawing community-wide excitement.
If you drive regularly along Route 11 from Canton to Potsdam, you might be familiar with a certain sight: a caboose. It rests in a farmhouse backyard, along the cusp of a spacious meadow, with a ...
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A four-decades old railroad caboose will get a new life as part of an eastern Kentucky tourist attraction. Officials in Catlettsburg are acquiring, moving and restoring the ...
Penny is big, nearly 10 feet wide, more than 13 feet tall, weighing in at 20 tons. She is not a Greyhound bus, or a giant blue whale, each of which weighs about the same. Penny, short for Pennsylvania ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Certainly, a store for train enthusiasts named Caboose should have a genuine, 27-ton caboose parked in a lot outside the business. And so it does. On cold ...
The average age of the model-train enthusiast is typically over fifty. He’s part of a legion, mainly male, of WWII-era kids and early boomers whose childhood dream it was to unwrap a Lionel train set ...
MANCHESTER — The Manchester Model Railroad Association and other train and local history buffs are looking to add a caboose to the Manchester Railroad Memorial Park — but not just any caboose. The ...
Next stop? A one-way ticket to your very own caboose camp in Maine—complete with a fascinating history that is sure to serve as superb campfire fodder. Whether you are looking for a unique hideaway to ...