The coolest office in San Jose is a 1916 Pullman built, steel strapped wood box car, converted in Oct '43 to serve as a caboose for the San Francisco freight trains. Two bay windows replaced the original side freight doors.

After serving in the Sacramento area on fruit trains of the Sacramento Northern line, WP668 was retired, then acquired by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum.

The museum lost a lease for the area they were to display it at, and placed an ad in the newspaper, and sold it to to John Plocher and Katy Dickinson who moved it by truck from San Francisco to storage in San Jose, and then they rebuilt the roof and installed ceiling lights. They also removed their backyard swimming pool and installed a very short rail line in the same location.

In May 2007, it was moved onto the very short rail line in the Dickinson-Plocher backyard. The exterior was stripped and painted. Both decks and the bay window were rebuilt.

After installation into the back yard, the inside was painted, floor was rebuilt, electrical and network wiring were completed, stained glass was designed and installed, cactus garden and arroyito were designed and created, historical markings and WP herald were added, ladders and stair handrails were designed and created.

Then a fainting couch was restored and installed,  the bay window seat designed and installed, stair handrails coated and finished, stair lighting installed.

Then a window seat cushion was designed and created, and a new office rug purchased in Marrakech, and a stove was installed

https://wp668.wordpress.com/
https://katysblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/05/redesigned-wp668-web-site/
https://katysblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/story-of-wp-caboose-668-4-may-2017.pdf
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plocher/with/11312592125/