Red Caboose - Lamoni, IA
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 40° 37.366 W 093° 56.087
15T E 420936 N 4497301
Caboose near city hall, restored, but none of the markings survived
Waymark Code: WMM2M1
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2014
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County of caboose: Decatur County
Location of caboose: 109 Chestnut St. & 4th St., Lamoni
I have included in the photo gallery a shot (not mine) of the caboose before restoration, and no markings on it then either.
Since this city hall was once a CB&Q (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad) I will assume the caboose was also one of theirs.
In an email I received (7.18.2014) this information:
caboose9 says,
The Lamoni, IA, caboose has been IDed as NP 1766 to NP 10766 to BN 10967, built 1921.
In 1879, The Leon, Mount Ayr & Southwestern Railroad Company laid tracks through Davis City and Bethany Junction [Togo]. Plans were to lay tracks approximately two or three miles north of "The Colony" and then on to Mount Ayr. A committee representing The Order of Enoch met with representatives from the railroad. The committee proposed that if the tracks were laid through "The Colony," the Order would donate 120 acres of land to the railroad. The Order would also furnish 3 miles of right of way.
Originally, proposals were made to rename the town Sedgwick, the name of the post office. Eventually the name Lamoni [after a pacifist king from The Book of Mormon] was selected.
Some info on the park with the caboose mentioned: Virtual Tour of Lamoni and New Gazebo
On Yahoo Roger Kirkpartick wrote "There is a caboose on display at the Lamoni, Iowa, Depot City Building.
It is reported as BN 1066 but this does not seem like a valid number.
Does anyone know the correct number for this caboose?"