Southern Pacific Caboose 4604 - Auburn, CA
Posted by: 
DougK
N 38° 54.129 W 121° 03.943
10S E 667730 N 4307696
This bay window caboose is part of a static train display at the old Auburn train depot.
Waymark Code: WMA029
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2010
Views: 6
This bay window caboose is part of a static train display at the old
Auburn Railroad Depot.
Southern Pacific Caboose 4604 was built in 1978 at PACCAR (formerly Pacific Car & Foundry).
This is a C-50-7 class caboose, one of fifty in this class that was made.
A nearby plaque about the caboose reads:
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
CABOOSE
This caboose built by Southern
Pacific in 1978 was purchased
from Jim Dobbas, Inc. of
Newcastle and moved to the
Auburn Depot site Nov. 12, 1990.
Purchase of the caboose was
made possible by a grant from
Bank of America Foundation.
Grant was secure by the
Auburn High Street Branch of
Bank of America
as a gift to the citizens of the
Community of Auburn
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Current Use:
ln railroad depot display
Type Of Caboose: Bay Window
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Visit Instructions:
Please visit the location of the caboose, brake van, or guard van, provide visit details through photo or narrative.