Caboose #713

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This caboose started as a Great Northern 19-foot 4-wheeler. In 1909, the states of Washington, North Dakota, and Minnesota enacted laws prohibiting the use of 4-wheel cabooses after January 1910. The Great Northern Railway rebuilt its fleet of 4-wheelers to 25-foot 8-wheel cabooses at the cost of $262.05 per car. The SP&S purchased the caboose in 1910 and renumbered it as #713.

1944 it was rebuilt and received a steel underframe and new trucks. On September 15, 1964, it was sold to the Tite Knot Pine Mill of Redmond, Oregon. It was next sold to Bigelow Machinery Company and moved to Columbia Blvd. in Portland, where it was used as an office. In 1994, it was donated to the Museum and moved to Brooks. No record has been found of the original GN number.

Number 713 was never electrified nor had indoor plumbing.

Car Facts

Year Built: 1909

Builder:

Year Retired:

Museum Acquired: 1994

Track Gauge: Standard

Motors:  N/A

Status: Static Display