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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Ruby Tuesday - Little Red Caboose

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More from the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge.

“A freshly red-painted train caboose had, for decades now, made its home on a green, little patch of the world outside of the one-room post office. Every small town that I had ever been to had had a caboose.”
― Laura Miller

Linking with Ruby Tuesday Too

Starting out cold today. 10 degrees! School is on a 2 hour delay because of ice. Kind of hoping they upgrade to CLOSED! ;)



28 comments:

  1. They don't have cabooses in Texas. I miss seeing them.

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  2. That used to be my favorite part of a train. Don't see many around any more, though. In some places they've been made into cafes or diners which is, I think, a nice repurposing. Stay warm!

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  3. As a child we used to love seeing the caboose at the end of a train and we would wave to the man inside. The caboose man. LOL

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  4. Love that very red caboose against the very blue sky.

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  5. Nice! We don't have one in Strasburg but we have a reconstructed engine plus an elaborate model railroad in the town museum.

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  6. all are closed here. it was 4 this AM, now it is 20's ... wish i could get out - need to get to the store & post office. but it will have to wait.

    love the Caboose. you don't see them that often any more. miss it. it was such fun as a kid. they would always wave at us. memories. ( :

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  7. Love those little red cabooses - don't get to see them much anymore.

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  8. Yep, school were closed here. Only the starting temperature this morning was 2 degrees Fahrenheit and, of course, because of the snow, there were very few places for school children to gather to wait for the bus

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  9. Our schools opened late....and we didn't even have ice like they had predicted for this morning....we woke up to 27 degrees.

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  10. Coincidentally I was out-and-about this morning taking train photos. I like your interior shots very much!

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  11. Very cute! I love everything that's red!

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  12. Super! I love the light in the first shot with the two shades of red!

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  13. That is a lovely caboose with its fresh paint and bright colors. I got to ride in one for about 20 minutes on the closed loop of track at Prairie Village. It was a life long wish fulfilled.

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  14. I loved your series from the heritage center. Super top shot!

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  15. Nice caboose! Hehe :) It's really cold here today as well. Hoping we do warm up later this week!

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  16. The caboose at Rocky Mount has faded into a pink, not so impressive as it once was.

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  17. No problems finding red around there, is there?

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  18. I've never seen the inside of a caboose. Fun to see what they look like.

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  19. We have lots of trains in this area, but I rarely see cabooses anymore. Most of the time it's just the engine and rail cars. The red caboose is a classic!

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  20. Our roads are so bad we will be lucky to go to school on Friday!

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  21. I can imagine riding mile after mile across the country in this, fantastic!

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  22. Never heard of a caboose before - don't think it is something we had in Ireland. That one is stunning painted in red!

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  23. A great reminder of where we started with transportation. So cute.
    Stay warm!

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