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 ...

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 ...

A father and daughter have created one cool place to lay your head while giving new life to old train rolling stock. In northeast Iowa sits an old SOO Line caboose overlooking a horse pasture. Inside ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 first thing visible were the red and blue flashing lights of a police vehicle jumping up from behind the crest of a small hill. Close behind, slowly making its way down State Street just outside ...

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 ...

While the golden age of rail travel is long in the past, retired boxcars and cabooses haven’t entirely lost their steam. Trains, it seems, are enjoying second acts as they’re being renovated and ...