Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society
reported this on November 22, 2020 on FB

"The C&EI built five (22-26) of these modern bay window cabooses at their Danville Oaklawn Shops in 1957."

To me, they look like they were based on St Louis Car Comp. / NYC design

The Missouri Pacific Railroad began to quietly purchase C&EI stock in 1961. After approval was gained from the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mopac assumed control of the C&EI in May 1967. One of the stipulations of the merger required sale of part of the railroad to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

That is probably how they became L&N 980-985?????

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980

Chicago & North Western Cabooses

As near i can figure these were classed by the first three numbers - please correct me if I am wrong

Escanaba MI
A red bay window caboose in
the ore yard

Morrison IA
At the Grundy County Museum.
Built in 8/55.

CNW
10395

105xx ex-Chicago Great Western

The Chicago Great Western Northeast (NE-5) cabooses were built by Pullman-
Standard in 1946.Tthey ordered 25 of the NE-5 style cabooses, which were numbered 600 to 624.

In 1955 the CGW ordered 10 bay window cabooses numbered 625 to 634 by the International Car Company.

In 1963 five more bay window cabooses were ordered from Thrall and numbered 635 to 639.

Chicago Great Western Caboose Paint Schemes By Donald E. Vaughn

Nelson IL

The Proviso wrecker train has this CGW caboose painted in a red color that is foreign to the CNW.

FRVR ex CNW; nee Chicago Great Western caboose in front of the Green Bay yard office

108xx
CNW ACQUIRED IT'S 10 Lehigh Valley Cabooses VIA M.A.Morrison International
The date of sale May 28, 1965

reported used as a CNW yard office by '69, scrapped 6/22/72

ex-LV 95012

reported retired in 1983
1 sq window on ends

ex-LV 95029

Mitchell yard in Milwaukee, WI December 1977

CNW 261531 is ex-CNW 10809, nee-LV 95138, one of ten LV cabooses sold to CNW in the 1960s

ex-LV 95138

probably last one of the ten in service

was then numbered CNW 10809, and painted yellow with green cupola.
renumbered for MoW to CNW 261531 pained gray with red ends.
now in UP MoW green still numbered CNW 261531, used daily with American 5030 series loco crane # 262067 out of West Chicago IL

Two of the above ex Lehigh Valleys are at the End of the Line Vacation Station, *perhaps* 10801, 10804, or 10805

This hotel consisted of 43 remodeled cabooses and opened in December 1984.
They owners got the idea for the business after buying a caboose to be used as a guest house at their family farm in 1982.

In 1983, they purchased the cabooses from Chicago & Northwestern and Milwaukee Road rail yards and acquired a one mile stretch of abandoned railway near the Lake Geneva resort area.

They spent a year and a half remodeling the cabooses inside and out. Some of the cars were joined together to form suites.

In 2000, the couple was ready to retire and sold the cabooses individually to new owners. Many of the new owners use their
caboose as a personal summer home, and some offer their caboose for rent to tourists.

Lake Geneva WI
private unit #8

ex Rock Island extended Vision
125xx

CNW
12587

Oak Creek Wi
working with a CNW Pile Driver

North Hampton OH
major bodywork
restoration

CLINCHFIELD 1106-1111
LONG FRAME SHORT BODY - NOT A TRANSFER CABOOSE
built 3-81 by FGE

Clinchfield
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