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Road Pictures of Cabooses

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, September 26, 2019 5:19 PM

I saw this caboose in Kansas.

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It had an address and a mailbox!

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:03 PM

That's interesting Kevin.  I'm not a very fancy lad,  I could live like that if I had to.  As long as it was in a State that didn't have winter.  I would imagine one would need an outhouse.  Did you notice if there was one?

A caboose like that would sure make a really cool cabin or hunting shack.

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:44 PM

Track fiddler
A caboose like that would sure make a really cool cabin or hunting shack.

 

They sure do Smile

 294 by Edmund, on Flickr

 Wilson_91908_2k by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:52 PM

Nice

I want to come down there and go hunting or fishing or whatever it is that you do at the caboose EdSmile, Wink & Grin

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, September 26, 2019 11:52 PM

gmpullman

 Wilson_91908_2k by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

 

 

Now I really need to hit the rack, getting late.  First I'll re-post Ed's favorite cat.

 

I like Ed's catYes   

 

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, September 27, 2019 4:08 PM

I thought I was fresh out of Cabeese.  I found one more in my logs.

It was by a train show towards Rochester, Minnesota about 50 minutes away from me.

 

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, September 27, 2019 4:18 PM

I thought I might as well post this too because it was the same track looking the other way across the street

I did like the picture...... Who parks a big Gilligan boat right next to the Railroad Tracks? Whistling

 

 

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Posted by csxns on Friday, September 27, 2019 4:23 PM

Track fiddler
Who parks a big Gilligan boat right next to the Railroad Tracks?

They might have sold it and the new owner will have it shipped out by flat car.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, September 27, 2019 4:30 PM

You know I never thought of that.  That was spring of this year on a wonderfully warm day.  

You may be right.

 

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, September 27, 2019 6:23 PM

The shopping center is named Quarterfield Station.  Trucks are stamped C&O 1929.

The shopping center may have been a stop on the Baltimore and Annapolis RR, when my mother and room mate took the train to dances at the US Naval Academy.  Room mate married Ross Perot and I am not a billionaire.CryingBig Smile

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, September 27, 2019 8:49 PM

When the thread started Henry,  I did say I prefer red cabooses.  This wood caboose you posted is in such wonderful shape.  Very pleased with the restoration.

 

NICE!

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11:15 AM

Me posing on the FIRE ANT EXPRESS in Ashburn, Georgia.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 6:15 AM

Interesting Caboose Graphics Kevin. 

I could be mistaking but isn't that the ant that the blue Aardvark would try to suck out of the anthill and his snout sounded like a vacuum cleaner.  It was a cartoon during the Pink Panther ones I enjoyed when I was a kid.  I probably still wouldLaugh

I found one more.

Mandan Railroad Museum, North Dakota.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 6:19 AM

Track fiddler
Interesting Caboose Graphics Kevin. 

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Ashburn, Georgia has a Fire Ant Festival every year. It is quite a bit of fun. The whole town has things with a fire ant theme. The home made fire ant scupltures are always great to see.

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This is a caboose turned into a Dentist Office in Lakeland, Florida.

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Posted by Steven Otte on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 9:04 AM

Very nice pictures, everyone.

I just want to take a moment to remind participants to be sure that they only post their own pictures. Nothing from outside sources like rrpictures.net. It seems like everyone here is good so far, but I have to give everyone the standard disclaimer. It's a copyright thing.

Carry on, as you were!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 11:38 AM

Steven Otte
Very nice pictures, everyone. I just want to take a moment to remind participants to be sure that they only post their own pictures.

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You got it Steve! With extremely rare exceptions I only post my own pictures. 

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This one is located at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum static displays.

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, October 4, 2019 11:51 PM

Can't let this thread fall off page one —

 2006 photos 595 by Edmund, on Flickr

At the Bellevue, Ohio railroad museum Yes

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, October 6, 2019 4:09 PM

This one is in Gillette, Wyoming.

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Posted by gmpullman on Sunday, October 6, 2019 6:11 PM

Radio Equipped Cool

 

 NKP_423b by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, October 6, 2019 9:09 PM

One after my own heart,  I could appreciate that one Kevin.

Back at ya.... Long Live BN.

 

 

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And thanks for not letting things fall off the page EdSmile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, October 6, 2019 11:33 PM

The Gillette you did not know existed when you were running around when you were a kid trying to find a railroad name that did not exist.

Gillette did exist.   OopsWhistling

You're good people Kevin, and welI liked here tooWink

 

 

Stone Lake Wisconsin.

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, October 19, 2019 5:54 PM

A B&O Wagon-top at the Cleveland West 3rd. Street Roundhouse:

 BnO_C-2423 by Edmund, on Flickr

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Posted by BigDaddy on Sunday, October 20, 2019 5:56 PM

Southern caboose at the Branchville SC

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, October 20, 2019 6:05 PM

Henry, that is a very handsome caboose. I love center cupolas.

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, October 21, 2019 2:26 PM

Fix-R-upper, Cleveland, Ohio:

 

 Hack by Edmund, on Flickr

Apparently of Grand Trunk or Central Vermont heratige? I didn't take the time to try to investigate.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, October 21, 2019 2:45 PM

Nice cabooses guys...... Bahhh! ,  now that's something you don't hear every dayLaugh  Seriously though, I like the older ones, like many old things they seem to have more character.

Ed,  I would love to restore that caboose,  really, it looks like a fun project.

Duluth Depot Minnesota.

I'm running out of cabeese here,  I hope I'm not double posting.  If so, no harm no foul, my excuses is I have a hard enough time remembering things from yesterday let alone a month agoLaugh

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, November 4, 2019 6:38 AM

Here is one on display in Adel, Georgia:

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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, November 4, 2019 6:24 PM

Prices for cabeese have appreciated.  The cheapest on on https://ozarkmountainrailcar.com/Is $5,000 and you can spend up to $55,000  The top of the line is still pretty spartan and often converted to be a business or vistior center.   It will not put you in the Private Varnish club.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, November 8, 2019 12:44 AM

Cabeeses

I like that one as I let my mind wander.

Who needs stress these days?

 

 

Yet Another Treat.

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, November 8, 2019 6:18 AM

Nice picture TF. I love side door cabooses.

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The STRATTON AND GILLETTE has yet to aquire one, but there is an older brass model of a Frisco prototype side door center cupola caboose I want badly.

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