Something the Ohio railfan doesn't often see: a caboose still in revenue service! (NS #555057 on a coal train on Paragon flood load tipple spur near Appalachia, Virginia on August 8, 1999.)

Contents Cabooses Restored or On-Display Cabooses in Need of Loving Restoration And what has replaced the caboose? (Photo made 8 August, 1996 in Marion, Ohio.)

Cabooses Restored, on Display, or in Revenue Service, by State (return to top) Alaska Alaska Railroad center-cupula caboose #1084 near Ferry on May 1, 2005. Kentucky My Old Kentucky Dinner Train bay window caboose in Bardstown on July 26, 2000. The tourist shortline is run by the R.J. Corman Railroad Company. CSX bay-windows caboose #903945 at the former C&O passenger station in Maysville on February 23, 2008. R.J. Corman bay-window caboose on display above R.J. Corman Lexington yard on July 13, 2011. A second R.J. Corman bay-window caboose on display above R.J. Corman Lexington yard on July 13, 2011. Two views (1 | 2) of the R.J. Corman bay-window caboose at the Nicholasville headquarters of R.J. Corman on July 13, 2011. Chesapeake & Ohio extended-visin caboose #3191 in Russell on June 27, 2004. Indiana Two views (1 | 2) of the Nickel Plate Road wooden caboose #141 in the engine house of the Ft. Wayne Railroad Historical Society near New Haven on November 14, 2009. Two views (1 | 2) of an un-numbered Wabash wooden caboose in the engine house of the Ft. Wayne Railroad Historical Society near New Haven on November 14, 2009. Nickel Plate Road bay-window caboose #451 (NW #557551) undergoing restoration as NKP #451 at the Ft. Wayne Railroad Historical Society near New Haven on November 14, 2009. NS center-cupola caboose #555555 in the NS yard at New Haven on November 14, 2009. Maryland Chessie System B&O bay window caboose #3842, at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, with pregnant lady on the stair on August 27, 1995. Chessie System WM center cupola caboose #901803, at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, with GERF--Glassy-Eyed Railfan--on August 27, 1995. B&O bay window caboose #3014, at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 27, 1995. B&O bay window caboose #3808, at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 27, 1995. B&O center cupola caboose #2222, at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 27, 1995.. Baltimore & Ohio bay-window caboose C2943 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Baltimore & Ohio wooden center-cupola "bobber" caboose C1775 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Chessie System bay-window caboose C3842 in Cumberland, Maryland on August 20, 1999. CRR caboose #1072 in Cumberland, Maryland on August 19, 1999. Western Maryland caboose #1906 in Cumberland, Maryland on August 19, 1999. Western Maryland center-cupola caboose #956365 in Cumberland in June, 2006. 1927 wooden caboose on display at Ellicott City, Maryland B&O Railroad Station Museum on August 18, 1999. Un-numbered center-cupola caboose at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum in June, 2006. (Thank you to Tim Moriarty for location correction.) Western Maryland center-cupola caboose #1859 at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum in June, 2006. (Thank you to Tim Moriarty for location correction.) Western Maryland center-cupila caboose #1863 at Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum in June, 2006. (Thank you to Tim Moriarty for location correction.) Western Maryland 1813/901813 center-cupola caboose painted as 1891 in Frostburg, Maryland on August 19, 1999. Baltimore & Ohio bay-window caboose C2934/902934 painted as C-1221 in Frostburg, Maryland on August 19, 1999. Baltimore & Ohio "wagontop" caboose in Gaithersburg, Maryland on August 19, 1999. Michigan DT&I wooden center-cupola caboose in The Henry Ford in Dearborn on June 9, 2005. Chessie System extended-vision caboose 900057 in revenue service in Grand Banks on June 11, 2005. Half a caboose at the Mackinac Grill in St. Ignace, on June 16, 2005. According to Michigan Railroad Photos, Information, & Links the building itself was the DSS&A freight house. Missouri RailCruise America caboose SLCC #15 at the St. Louis Union Station in St. Louis on November 4, 1999. North Carolina Chessie System bay-window caboose #3753 in a Great Smoky Mountain Railway passenger consist in Bryson City on August 27, 2004. W&LE #0212/NKP #712/N&W #557712 center-cupola caboose, now un-numbered and serving as the chamber of commerce office in Bryson City on August 27, 2004. N&W #518690 center-cupola caboose painted as Rio Grande #01490 in Bryson City on August 27, 2004. Seaboard Air Line #5747 (ex-SCL #05747, painted as ACL #05747) steel wide-vision caboose in Chadbourn on October 28, 2002. L&N #73-5196 wooden caboose at private residence near Cullowhee on September 30, 2006. Great Smoky Mountain Railway center-cupola caboose #637 in Dillsboro on September 30, 2006. Seaboard Air Line caboose #5241 on display at Hamlet Station in Hamlet on July 30, 1999. C&O 3534 (painted as SAL #9166) caboose on display in park in Hamlet on July 14, 1999. This caboose was built in 1940 and rebuilt in 1964. Seaboard Coast Line #0945 class M5 steel caboose (painted as Atlantic Coast Line #0945) at the Depot Museum in Lake Waccamaw on October 18, 2002. an un-numbered Seaboard Air Line caboose (painted as SCL) in Rowland on a wet October 28, 2002. Central of Georgia #X61 wooden caboose owned by Roy Eargle in Saluda, now "The Little Red Caboose--A Storybook Garden Shop", on August 7, 1999. Seaboard Coast Line #01036 (painted as Atlantic Coast Line #01983) center-cupola caboose at the Wilmington Railroad Museum in Wilmington on October 20, 2002. Ohio Two views (1 | 2) of the PRR Class N5B caboose in Ada on September 7, 2008. This caboose was built in the Altoona, Pa shops in 1941. Virginian #315 (painted as N&W #530315) center-cupola caboose in Ashville on October 5, 1997. This caboose was built in Princeton, WV in 1957. B&O wagontop caboose #C2424 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue on September 9, 2007. Nickel Plate Road bay-window caboose #423 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue on September 9, 2007. Nickel Plate Road center-cupola caboose #700 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue on September 9, 2007. NW center-cupola caboose #518397 at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum in Bellevue on September 9, 2007. L&N bay-window caboose #1002 in Bellevue on September 9, 2007. NKP #463 painted as B&O #C3994 (ex-N&W #557563) bay-window caboose in Belpre in August, 2001. C&O #903204 (painted as C&O #3204) steel wide-vision caboose at the C&O depot in Canal Winchester on September 20, 2002. C&O #903204 (painted as C&O #3204) steel wide-vision caboose at the C&O depot in Canal Winchester on December 23, 2011. Southern X525 bay-window caboose at the C&O depot in Canal Winchester on September 20, 2002. Southern X525 bay-window caboose at the C&O depot in Canal Winchester on December 23, 2011. NS center-cupola caboose #555671 at the rear of a work-train in Chauncey on May 17, 2010. B&O wooden center-cupola caboose #C2115--needing a coat of paint--at Yochtangee Park in Chillicothe on May 2, 1997. Two views (1 | 2) of B&O center-cupola wooden caboose #C2115 at Yochtangee Park in Chillicothe on June 4, 2010. This caboose is now open to the public as part of the Chillicothe Railroad Museum. According to the brochure, caboose C-2115 was built in April, 1927 in Washington, Indiana as a Class 1-5. B&O #903893 (painted as B&O #C3893) bay window caboose at Yochtangee Park in Chillicothe on May 2, 1997. Two views (1 | 2) of B&O #903893 (painted as B&O #C3893) bay window caboose at Yochtangee Park in Chillicothe on June 4, 2010. This caboose is now open to the public as part of the Chillicothe Railroad Museum. According to the brochure, C-3893 was built in April, 1975 by International Car Co. in Kenton, Ohio. The caboose entered service in Chillicothe on July 4, 1975. It moved to Lima, Ohio, in September, 1980. Between June, 1984 and August, 1987 the caboose serviced the Columbus, Ohio, area. It was retired from active service in October, 1989. NS #1 center-cupola caboose on display at the NS Cincinnati Terminal on June 4, 2010. Center-cupola caboose at Greenwood Lake Camp & Conference Center in Delaware on July 4, 2008. Ohio Central center-cupola caboose #554 in Dennison on July 31, 2004 and in Byesville on November 11, 2006. Ohio Central center-cupola caboose #1880 in Dennison on July 31, 2004. Nickel Plate Road bay-window caboose (un-numbered) in Dennison on July 31, 2004. This caboose is part of the permanent display at the The Dennison Railroad Museum. B&O #C2127 painted as B&O #C2122 wooden center-cupola caboose at the Warther Museum in Dover, on September 30, 2000. Here's the text from a sign at the caboose: Class S5 Built in 1927 and was in service on the Willard-Holloway run until 1974. At the end of every freight train is the little red caboose. It is an office on wheels for the freight conductor. Here he keeps records of each car, its contents, and destination. He is responsible for the train and its crew. The brakeman sits in the cupola while the train is in motion to watch for trouble. Spare parts and tools are carried for break downs. Conductors were assigned a caboose and have the right to live in it, and some did. Such was the case of John (Curly) Cadden and when his train stopped in Dover for coal and water, this caboose 2122 was close to this spot on the main track. Dave Warther, during his high school years, had a knife shop here and sold his hand-made knives to Curly as well as other conductors and personnel on the rail line. Roger Kirkpatrick tells me that this caboose is actually a class I5--the B&O had no class S5 cabooses. Erie bay window caboose #C21093 in Harrods on September 7, 2008. C&O wooden center-cupola caboose #A800 in Hilliard on May 24, 2003. C&O Extended Vision caboose #903292 (painted as C&O #3292) in Jackson on March 29, 1998. Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton Extended Vision caboose #142 in Jackson on March 29, 1998. Chessie System center-cupola caboose (C&O A989 ex-PM A989 built 1941?) at the Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad near Jacksontown in August, 1998. Chesapeake & Ohio #903301 (painted as C&O #3301) extended vision caboose in Harmar (Marietta) on August 14, 2000 and November 11, 2006. Erie bay window caboose #306 (ex-CR 21125, painted as Erie-Lackwanna #C306) parked at Marion Union Station, being shown by a very young railfan, on August 8, 1996. Hocking Valley center-cupola caboose #555542 painted as Snow Fork Line at the Murray City depot on July 11, 2010. C&O center cupola caboose #90211 (painted as #90200) owned by J. A. Riddle, at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville on July 11, 1996, and painted as Chesapeake & Ohio #90211 in Sugar Grove on July 2, 2004. According the sign, this caboose was built in 1949 for the C&O Railroad. Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton #100 center-cupola caboose owned by Dwight Jones, at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway on in Nelsonville July 25, 1996. Nickle Plate Road #732 (ex-W&LE #0232, painted as Norfolk & Western #557732, built 7/14/49) center-cupola caboose, at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville on July 25, 1996. B&O Time Saver Service transfer caboose #2550 owned by Dwight Jones at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in September, 1998. L&N bay-window caboose #6108 (ex-SBD 16108) owned by Larry Blake at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in October, 1998. According to David Mikulec, this caboose was built in the L&N South Louisville Shops in Louisville, Kentucky. (And here is a photo of this caboose prior to restoration painted as SBD #16108 parked on the northern end of the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway right-of-way near Logan on July 27, 1996.) SCL #0947 (painted as Burlington Northern #20947) center-cupola caboose owned by Ralph Calvert at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in October, 1998. Un-lettered historic wood-side center-cupola caboose (C&O #90921?) at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in September, 1998. Historic C&O #90704 wood-side center-cupola caboose at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in November, 1998. J.J. Hunter's C&O #903321 (painted as B&O #BGF-1971) steel center-cupola caboose at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville. Bay-window caboose owned by Dwight Jones: on one side it's B&O "Sentinel Fast Freight Service" #C2553; on the other it's HVSR #C27A. Photo made March 27, 2005 at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville. B&O center-cupola caboose #C-137 in Oak Hill on September 2, 2006. N&W #518383 (painted as CCC&L) caboose in Sharonville on August 3, 2001. B&O caboose #903775 (painted as B&O C-3775) in Shawnee on February 5, 2000. PRR #478591 wooden bay-window caboose in Urbana on April 16, 2010. Pennsylvania PRR caboose #477577 at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona on November 6, 2004. PRR center-cupola caboose #477698 in Cresson on May 21, 2005. NYC caboose #20015, now an ice cream shop, in Cresson on May 21, 2005. H&RS bay window caboose #330 at the Everett Railroad facility in Duncansville on May 21, 2005. Everett Railroad center-cupola caboose #91517 at the Everett Railroad facility on may 21, 2005. PRR caboose #477852 in Gallitzin on November 6, 2004. Oil Creek & Titusville wooden center cupola caboose #1 in Titusville on 16 July, 1992 South Carolina Unmarked bay-window caboose in Nichols on July 14, 1999. According to Roger Kirkpatrick, this is L&N 6501/SBD 16501. Virginia NW center-cupola caboose #518408 in Duffield on August 27, 2004. NS caboose #555592 in revenue service entering the Natural Tunnel at Natural Tunnel State Park behind a train of coal-empties on August 27, 2004. NS center-cupola caboose #555630 in revenue service in Norton on August 27, 2004. West Virginia Norfolk Southern #555024 center-cupola caboose in revenue service at the Bluefield Yard on October 29, 2002. CSX bay window caboose #903961 at the Huntington Railroad Museum on August 26, 2004. An unlettered extended-vision caboose at the Huntington Railroad Museum on August 26, 2004. Baltimore & Ohio "wagontop" caboose C2445 in Grafton on August 16, 1999. Baltimore & Ohio class I-5D wooden caboose #C2019 at the Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum in Wheeling on June 19, 2004. According to the Dwight Jones, this caboose was built in July, 1926

Cabooses In Need of Loving Restoration, by State (return to top) Maryland Baltimore & Annapolis center-cupola caboose BLA-1984 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Chesapeake & Ohio wooden offset-cupola caboose #90832 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Here's the text from a sign at the caboose: Built in 1882 by the Columbus, Hocking Valley, and Toledo Railway shops, this caboose remained in service until the late 1940s, its sole modernization being a steel underframe installed around 1925. This caboose is the sole surviving piece of CHV&T rolling stock. Baltimore & Ohio "wagontop" caboose C2478 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Chessie System extended vision caboose #903324 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum on August 19, 1999. Michigan Detroit & Mackinac wooden caboose, in Greenfield Village (Dearborn) on June 9, 2005. (Update, June 20, 2010: Aaron F. has provided a photo of this caboose undergoing restoration in the Greenfield Village roundhouse.) North Carolina An un-numbered bay-window caboose in Carrboro, now a retail establishment called Crazie Mae's, on September 4, 2004 Two bay-window cabooses serve as the Dillsboro depot for the Great Smoky Mountain Railway (1 | 2). Photographed on August 27, 2004. Ohio Brian Maiher's ex-C&O #90966 wooden caboose painted as B&O C90966R near Carroll on September 20, 2002. Brian Maiher's ex-NYC #21039 (ex-Penn Central #21039) bay window N7B caboose (painted as Conrail #21039) near Carroll on September 20, 2002. Chessie System center-cupola caboose #900206 in Delaware on July 17, 2004. B&O #902951 bay-window caboose in Jackson on April 21, 2003 WAB #2748 (painted as Great Miami Railway MOW #748) caboose in Jackson on March 29, 1998. C&O extended-vision caboose #3187 at Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad near Jacksontown in August, 1998 C&O 90945 wooden center cupola caboose near Lithopolis on September 21, 2002. Norfolk & Western center-cupola caboose #518465 at Buckeye Central Scenic Railroad near Jacksontown in August, 1998 Wabash #2764 (painted as N&W/IO 562764) streamlined cupola at the Turtle Creek Valley Railway in Lebanon. MoPac #13352 caboose wearing Dr. Pepper colors owned by Dave Lee at the Indiana & Ohio Logan yard in Logan on July 27, 1996. SCL #01022 (painted as Family Lines/SBD #21022) center cupola caboose parked on the northern end of the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway right-of-way near Logan on July 27, 1996. UPDATE: I am told that this caboose might be for sale (11/23/2004). C&O extended-vision caboose #BCSX3187 near Maysville on May 17, 2010. This car might be owned by the Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad. N&W center-cupola caboose #518456 near Maysville on May 17, 2010. This car might be owned by the Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad. Hocking Valley center-cupola caboose #555542 on display in Murray City on July 11, 2004. Un-numbered center-cupola caboose badly in need of restoration at Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville on November 11, 2009 Family Lines center-cupola caboose #1077 between the new engine-house and a vintage Hocking Valley Railroad yard building at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville on November 11, 2009. C&O 90211 (painted as Chessie System/C&O #90211) center cupola caboose at Hocking Valley Scenic Railway yard in Nelsonville. Reading #94028 (painted as Conrail #18836) Class N-4A center-cupola caboose at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway yard in Nelsonville on July 25, 1996. A center-cupola caboose in gray primer. This caboose was part of the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway Santa Train the day the photo was taken. According to Russell Underwood, this caboose is an ex ACL/SCL M-5 caboose. Bay window caboose #RPCX24024 at the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville in December, 2004. C&O center cupola caboose #903154 parked at the Newark CSX yard on November 28, 1996. Chessie System bay window caboose #903968 parked at Newark CSX yard on November 28, 1996. Two views (1 | 2) of Ann Arbor Railroad System caboose #231 in Zanesville on April 22, 2010. West Virginia Norfolk-Southern center-cupola caboose #555551 in the NS yard in Bluefield on July 30, 1999. CSX bay-window caboose #903983 in the CSX yard at Grafton on August 16, 1999. B&O bay-window caboose #903781 in the CSX yard in Parkersburg on February 21, 2010. Two views: (1 | 2) of Chessie System bay-window caboose #904105 in the CSX yard in Parkersburg on February 21, 2010.

Many thanks to Roger Kirkpatrick for his kind assistance in identification of some of these cabooses.