Jim Dotzenrod bought a train caboose in 2016. The year before, Jim, 65, from Decorah, Iowa, had completely renovated a silo on his property and turned it into an Airbnb. According to his daughter ...

John Runte already owned the place next door, but when he saw the Red Rail Caboose on the market, he jumped at the chance to keep its engine running (figuratively speaking). He remodeled what was ...

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 ...

There’s a reason why there are so many vintage train enthusiasts all over the world – railway history is fascinating, and each train car or caboose has a story to tell. Luckily, some of them are still ...

Lorain’s Caboose 3855 is one step closer to welcoming the public onboard after a local company painted the interior of the steel railcar July 15. The Lorain Caboose Committee, of the Main Street ...

If folks can turn ambulances or army trucks into welcoming mobile homes, couldn’t they do the same with old train cars? Yes, they can. Instead of abandoning these cabooses with historical value, some ...

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - A group of train restoration volunteers has begun a yearlong process of renovating a 1942 Union Pacific caboose. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that volunteers hope they'll have ...

The Norge Depot Museum, which sits 50 feet from the James City County Library, keeps a 1925 Georgia Railroad caboose on the tracks outside. The outside walls are flecked with browning paint. The ...

Restoration work in Shepherd has been recently completed on the Ann Arbor Railroad caboose. The Ann Arbor Railroad caboose is a part of Shepherd’s Railroad Depot Museum located West Wright Avenue. The ...

FLAT ROCK — Sixteen years ago, Richard Porath started restoring a 1925 caboose commissioned by Henry Ford. Through the years, he and a few others from the Flat Rock Historical Society chipped away at ...

Built in 1947, the Southern Railroad caboose at the Hub City Railroad Museum is undergoing major repairs after water damage was discovered in the wooden floor system. The museum acquired the caboose ...