SP 4218 Caboose -- Hondo TX - Train Cabooses on Waymarking.com

The SP Depot in Hondo used to be next to the freight depot about a mile and a half north on US 90 from here. The depot was relocated here in the 1970s when the depot was restores to serve as the Medicna County Museum.

At about that time, the SP RR donated this caboose to the museum for their display on local railroad history.

See here for more photos: (visit link)

Thanks to the Bean Team, we have more information about this historic caboose to share:

"This is my favorite caboose style since they are the type I grew up with. It is a Class C-40-5. 100 of these cabooses were built by Whitehead and Kales in 1963-64. They were originally numbered SP #1600-1699. Starting in 1973 into 1975 44 of the 1600 Class C-40-5's were rebuilt and renumbered in the SP #4200-4299 series class. Source: (visit link) "

Current Use: museum exhibit Type Of Caboose: Bay Window

Visit Instructions:
Please visit the location of the caboose, brake van, or guard van, provide visit details through photo or narrative.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   12/18/2015 WalksfarTX visited it 07/20/2015 Benchmark Blasterz visited it

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