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St. Joseph & Grand Island caboose 48 was built in 1908. Records from that period are scarce, but it appears the car was built in July of 1908, had a steel underframe applied in October 1927, and was retired in October 1949. No. 48 is long for a caboose at 40 feet over the platforms. For whatever reason, upon retirement, the caboose was shipped to Denver, Colorado for scrapping and its wood body sold to a gravel company in Boulder County, Colorado who used it as an office in their gravel pit. The car next ended up at Winslow Crane in Denver who used it as a yard office until 1984, when it was given to the Forney Transportation Museum in Denver. At the Forney Museum, No. 48 was used as a storage shed by the Platte Valley Trolley until March of 1999.

St. Joseph & Grand Island 48
St. Joseph & Grand Island 48

St. Joseph & Grand Island 48

By Jason Midyette July 7, 2016 July 18, 2016 0

Back in 1998, the idea took root in my head that it would not only be fun, but perhaps possible, to acquire a caboose and place it in our backyard. The house we were then living in (in Niwot, Colorado) had plenty of room in the back for such a venture …

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