DL&W Keyser Valley caboose at Steamtown Scranton, PA
11"x17" " I Love Cabooses" signed poster
Stay in a Burlington Northern caboose cabin Izaak Walton Inn, Essex, MT
There goes the caboose
By the stove
"There Goes the Caboose"
The Missouri Pacific caboose #13569 is privately owned by the President of the Missouri Pacific Historical Society. Visit the MoPac Historical Society website at: http://www.mopac.org
Ride in a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy caboose at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL
From the caboose
The conductor grabs his orders
The Hamlet Depot & Museums is an active passenger station & an interactive railroad museum complex. Visit the Seaboard Air Line caboose #5241, discover their railroad history, see their model displays & more.
Visit their website at: http://www.hamlethistoricdepot.org
That all is well
And with a wave
Grand Trunk Western caboose, preserved at the Durand, MI Union Station
The PRR caboose #477449 is part of the Valley Railroad operating the Essex Steam
Train & Riverboat in Essex, CT. Visit their website at: http://essexsteamtrain.com
Caboose Hobbies has a Rio Grande caboose
10800 W Alameda Ave, Lakewood, CO 80226
Visit their website at: https://www.caboosehobbies.com
The New Haven caboose #C540 ispart of the Valley Railroad operating the Essex Steam
Train & Riverboat in Essex, CT. Visit their website at: http://essexsteamtrain.com
Nickel Plate Road caboose #783 is preserved at the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, in Bellevue, OH.
#783 helped move the NKP #757 back to the museum for restoration. To donate to #757:
https://bringback757.org/donate/ Visit their website at: https://www.madrivermuseum.org
The train rolls onward
Scroll down this page to read a digital version of "There Goes the Caboose". To learn more about each of the cabooses and their locations click on the website below each caboose. Many of them have magnets of their caboose and copies of the book to purchase.
If you want your caboose featured in the expanded edition coming in 2020 email for us for information.
"There Goes the Caboose"
Ride the N&W caboose at the Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VA
Union Pacific caboose #25256 is located at The California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento, CA. The caboose is used for children’s birthday parties & events.
Visit their website at: https://www.californiarailroad.museum
The Pittsburg & Shawmut #164 is located at the Lake Shore Museum in Erie County, PA.
Visit their website at: https://lakeshorerailway.com
The conductor at his window
The conductor gives a wave
Everett Railroad caboose #91517 is located at the Everett Railroad, in Hollidaysburg, PA.
The Everett Railroad has a variety of train rides for families with both diesel and steam.
Visit their website at: https://everettrailroad.com
Free complimentary copy of the book "There Goes the Caboose": A 10 page 5.5"x8.5" book is included with orders of the 11"x17" poster of "I Love Cabooses" with 60 cabooses featuring the cabooses in the book while supplies last.
Ride in ACL caboose 0635 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC
And studies his assignment
Help the Alexander Chapter, NRHS & the SE Narrow Gauge & Shoreline Museum restore CC&O caboose 1023
And as the train waits
To signal to us all
To take off the chill
Conrail Transfer Caboose #18374 is located at the Lake Shore Museum in Erie County, PA.
Visit their website at: https://lakeshorerailway.com
Railroad Booklet written & illustrated by Andy Fletcher
See the full text and illustrations below.
Of this winter’s eve
Through each town
The B&O caboose #C2943 is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The museum is the birthpace of American Railroading and a Smithsonian Affiliate Museum.
Visit their website at: http://www.borail.org
And once again
Rock Island caboose, Rails West Railroad Museum, Council Bluffs, IA
To warm up the night
And past each junction
Past each tower
Chesapeake & Ohio caboose, at the C&O Heritage Railway Center, Clifton Forge, VA
The crew takes shelter
In the caboose
"There Goes the Caboose"
Ride in a Southern Caboose at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum at Calera, AL You can purchase Andy's drawings of The Heart of Dixie Railroad equipment as magnets and as a poster at the museum
B&O Chessie caboose #04059 is part of Operation Toy Train, Inc.,
Visit their website at: www.OperationToyTrain.org
Santa Fe caboose preseved by the Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, AZ
Past each station
A pot of coffee on the stove