Lou Costabile Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad Caboose 8-3-13 Freeport IL

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Channel: Lou Costabile · 2013 · Entertainment

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Info obtained from http://www.thefreeportshow.com/equipment.htm#CAB
Original Railroad: Hannibal and St. Joe RR
Built: 1889

Further Information:
Caboose 14264 is the oldest operating caboose in the state of Illinois, having been built in 1889 for the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad.  It has a steel under frame and wooden body.  The beams in its trucks are also wood, making it the smoothest riding car on the Silver Creek and Stephenson.  Wood absorbs shock better than steel.

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