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 ...

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 ...

Tucked in Oregon's lush Willamette Valley, this one-of-a-kind Airbnb stay offers travelers a peaceful escape surrounded by ...

Long before glamping was a trend and tiny living was so prevalent, someone had the great idea of renovating an old caboose and turning it into a guest cottage. That caboose is still around today and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - A group of train restoration volunteers has begun a yearlong process of renovating a 1942 Union Pacific caboose. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that volunteers hope they'll have ...

FLAT ROCK — Sixteen years ago, Richard Porath started restoring a 1925 caboose commissioned by Henry Ford. Through the years, he and a few others from the Flat Rock Historical Society chipped away at ...

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 days, smoke can be seen streaming from the ...