[Destroyed] CNR 78939 - Lytton, British Columbia, Canada
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The A-Team
N 50° 13.877 W 121° 34.936
10U E 601114 N 5565307
This Canadian National Railway caboose sits beside the Royal Canadian Legion building in a small park at the corner of Fraser Street and 4th Street, across the road from the Lytton Museum in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMMZKC
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 11/28/2014
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From Sunday, June 27, to Tuesday, June 29, 2021 Lytton broke the all-time Canadian high-temperature record, with each day hotter than the last. The heat peaked on Tuesday when the temperature reached 121 F (49.6 C). Then, late Wednesday afternoon, June 30, a wildfire broke out in the town and, aided by strong winds, burned 90% of Lytton to the ground in just minutes, including this CN Caboose.
A sign on the caboose reads:
This caboose started life as a box car in 1918, then converted to a caboose in 1953. In 1984, as cabooses were being phased out of use, the Village of Lytton bought this one for $1.00
Since then it has been maintained by dedicated Lytton railway buffs, but is now part of Lytton Museum.
The caboose is normally locked up, but you can ask at the museum across the street for them to open it.