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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Dotzenrod and his daughter Danielle transformed a 1973 train caboose into an Airbnb. It has the original conductor's chairs ...

The Norge Depot Museum, which sits 50 feet from the James City County Library, keeps a 1925 Georgia Railroad caboose on the tracks outside. The outside walls are flecked with browning paint. The ...

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 ...

Penny is big, nearly 10 feet wide, more than 13 feet tall, weighing in at 20 tons. She is not a Greyhound bus, or a giant blue whale, each of which weighs about the same. Penny, short for Pennsylvania ...

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 ...

“Bring Her Home” was the theme of the yearlong effort to raise money and purchase 1942 Lehigh Valley Railroad Caboose 95019 and move it to the Manchester Railroad Memorial Park. Weighing in at 22 tons ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Certainly, a store for train enthusiasts named Caboose should have a genuine, 27-ton caboose parked in a lot outside the business. And so it does. On cold ...