He paid about $2,500 to transport the caboose to his property, and had the caboose placed on real railroad tracks
He made beds in the train caboose, including bunk beds on the first floor and a queen-size bed in the cupola. He also built the stairs leading up to the cupola and a porch that goes along the entire back of the caboose, overlooking the pasture.
Meanwhile, Danielle chipped in with finishing touches, like tiling the shower and encouraging her dad throughout the process, she said.
"Because he was a carpenter his entire career, he can pretty much build or do anything that he sets his mind to," Danielle said "I set his mind to unique projects.’
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Greenville PA railroad park has cabooses that you can spend the night in. And the Durbin Rocket excursion steam train has at least one old caboose that you can rent for the night. Then they haul it down to the end of the line, so that you get a peaceful night of silence on the banks of Greenbriar River.
ReplyDeletehttps://redcaboosemotel.com/ This is the website for the hotel with the 36 cabooses.
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