Caboose 153 - Station Square - Pittsburgh, PA
N 40° 26.029 W 080° 00.231
17T E 584491 N 4476384
This caboose is located at the old Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Station which now serves as a shopping and tourist center. It is now Station Square on the south shore in Pittsburgh, PA. The caboose was used on the Monongahela Railway.
Waymark Code: WM3KJT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2008
Views: 38
The sign on the caboose reads:
"Drover's Caboose, 1904
This caboose was built by the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad with accommodations for both a regular freight train crew and drovers, who handled cattle on their way to market. In its later career it became Car No. 153 of the Monongahela Railway, and was used as a dining car on a wreck train. It came to Station Square in 1977."
Current Use:
park display
Type Of Caboose: Drover's
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Visit Instructions:
Please visit the location of the caboose, brake van, or guard van, provide visit details through photo or narrative.