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Caboose 90960 was built in 1929 by the Hocking Valley Railroad for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. It is typical of the hundreds of wood cabooses used by the C&O and other railroads in the northern Ohio area.
In 1976 the C&O donated this caboose to the Shaker Square Assoc. to be auctioned off at their annual art show. It was purchased by the president of the company that at that time owned Cleveland’s Terminal Tower. He had it moved to the parking lot under the terminal where it was seen by hundreds of commuters each day. In 1979, Sohio (now BP) was looking for a site for its new headquarters building. One of the prospective sites was on Huron, behind the Terminal Tower complex. To prepare for this possibility, the caboose had to go. It was offered to any non-profit group that would take it and NORM did just that. The caboose was acquired and moved to the museum in late 1979.
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Here is C&O caboose 90960 on the south side of Buffham Road soon after it arrived at the museum. The photo was taken at NORM's first annual picnic in August of 1979. (Museum Collection)
