What a fine looking caboose this is. When I saw it, this bay window caboose looked like it had just rolled out of the paint shed. Painted in P and LE colors, it certainly proved that not all cabooses have to be red.
This CN extended vision caboose was sitting next to a wooden caboose I failed, somehow, to photograph. Too bad, it would have made a nice contrast shot between the old and the new. Restored, this CN caboose would make any owner proud.
This car was a bit of an enigma at first, only markings were the number 100. A bit of digging has turnedup a rich history. Built in 1916, this car is 73'6" long. It is all metan an was purchased by the NNRy for the, then, whopping sum of $26,039.80 for the use of Solomon R. Guggenheim, president of the NNRy. Sold in 1935 to the DL&W, they named it ANTHRACITE and then SCRANTON. It sold again in 1962 to the Long Island Railroad and reclassified to a parlor/lounge/observation car numbered #2038 and named Setauket. It sold again in 1978 to the NRHS. This car has seen many travels with her current owner who purchased her in 1983. A little work could make her a real gem.
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