LEGACY -- T & NO #317 Caboose - Texas City TX
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PeterNoG
N 29° 23.618 W 094° 54.672
15R E 314540 N 3253116
This Caboose is on display in Noble Park on 9th Avenue North (FM 1764) at 11 1/2 Street in Texas City, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMKR9D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2014
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Iconic locomotive, caboose moving from Texas City's Noble Park
By MARISSA BARNETT The Daily News May 5, 2016.
After more than 20 years parked in Noble Park on Ninth Avenue North, an iconic locomotive and caboose will soon return to the Galveston Railroad Museum....
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According to Central California Rails Caboose (
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It is on a 25-year renewable loan from Galveston RR Museum to the City of Texas City.
"This cupola style caboose is one of 215 class C-40-3 cabooses. (
visit link) These were built by SP for SP and T&NO between 1940 and 1942. Numbered SP #1050-1234 and T&NO #400-429. These were the last cupola type cars built or bought by SP or its subsidiary's. Source: shastaroute.railfan.net" (
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