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CSXT 16637 Caboose at Gleason TN
CSXT 16637 caboose in Gleason, Tennessee (Weakley County). It is proudly displayed near the center of town on a grassy lot near the main railroad line. It was obtained by the Gleason Downtown Revitalization Committee in 2019 to commemorate the historic railroad history of Gleason.
This is a steel bay window transfer caboose Transfer cabooses are easily recognizable by their small cabins and large platforms or ends. A transfer caboose was designed to carry a work crew and heavy equipment or parts just within a train yard or on a short run down a track. Some transfer cabooses do not have a lookout; this one has bay windows.
The outside and inside of the caboose are in good condition. The caboose has not been modified since its railroad days with city electricity or plumbing. The caboose is free and public, but visitors are not allowed to climb onto the platforms.
Gleason, known as “Tater Town” originated from agricultural roots, but mostly from its sweet potatoes. Rail reached the town in 1860 which helped its agriculture boom. Never a large town, Gleason would ship tens of thousands of bushels of grown goods through its depot each year.
[+] See my other pictures of cabooses in Tennessee at www.caboosetn.net
CSXT 16637 Caboose at Gleason TN
CSXT 16637 caboose in Gleason, Tennessee (Weakley County). It is proudly displayed near the center of town on a grassy lot near the main railroad line. It was obtained by the Gleason Downtown Revitalization Committee in 2019 to commemorate the historic railroad history of Gleason.
This is a steel bay window transfer caboose Transfer cabooses are easily recognizable by their small cabins and large platforms or ends. A transfer caboose was designed to carry a work crew and heavy equipment or parts just within a train yard or on a short run down a track. Some transfer cabooses do not have a lookout; this one has bay windows.
The outside and inside of the caboose are in good condition. The caboose has not been modified since its railroad days with city electricity or plumbing. The caboose is free and public, but visitors are not allowed to climb onto the platforms.
Gleason, known as “Tater Town” originated from agricultural roots, but mostly from its sweet potatoes. Rail reached the town in 1860 which helped its agriculture boom. Never a large town, Gleason would ship tens of thousands of bushels of grown goods through its depot each year.
[+] See my other pictures of cabooses in Tennessee at www.caboosetn.net