For sale: caboose
Update: The caboose got 80 bids, and the winner was $3,099.
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The realization of your lifelong dream of owning a train caboose approaches: New York State is selling an old caboose via its state surplus eBay account. The auction ends Friday at 9 am. Current bid is... $81. (There's an unlisted reserve price.)
The caboose is currently at the Allan Treman State Marine Park in Ithaca and would need to be picked up by the buyer. Its condition is listed as as "poor" and "for parts or not working." And, judging from the photos, it does appear to be rough shape. It's being sold as is.
Bonus: The sale of the caboose includes 32 feet of train track.
Curious about the history of the caboose, we did some poking around and found a 2008 park master plan from a few years back that mentioned a caboose -- acquired from the state Office of Mental Health in Elmira -- as a potential trail interpretive and local railroad history center.
[via @matt_hamilton10]
By the way: New York State routinely sells surplus stuff on eBay. Its current offerings range from soap and toilet paper dispensers to cameras to floor scrubbers.
photo: NYS surplus eBay
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I think the real story here is why did the State Office of Mental Health in Elmira have a caboose in the first place??!!??
... said ace on Jun 30, 2015 at 3:45 PM | link
FOOD CABOOSE!
... said ethan on Jun 30, 2015 at 3:48 PM | link
Any way of finding out how the buyer is transporting the caboose? We've always wanted one and we even live in a train station. The only thing that has held us back from committing is moving it to our house.
Thanks!
... said Matthew on Jul 26, 2015 at 6:31 PM | link