Csx Caboose For Sale
Call Local Scrapyards. If a scrapyard near you ends up with an old rail car, you might be able to buy it for close to nothing. Contact a few places and let them know that you're in the market for a train caboose or boxcar. They might be nice enough to give you a call when they come across one.
Caboose for Sale: Yes You Can Live in a Refurbished Train ...
How much does it cost to buy a boxcar?
Boxcars cost $135,000 each, and they have higher dwell times and lower turns than much more profitable unit trains—large trains with similar equipment that go point to point without stopping.
What is a Railroad Boxcar & Why Are Their Numbers Declining?
How much does it cost to move a caboose?
Cost of a Caboose
Buy/Move Caboose - Catawissa Railroad Company
Why is there no longer a caboose on a train?
Today, thanks to computer technology and economic necessity, cabooses no longer follow America's trains. The major railroads have discontinued their use, except on some short-run freight and maintenance trains. ... Railroad companies say the device accomplishes everything the caboose did-but cheaper and better.
THE END OF THE LINE - Chicago Tribune