if things pan out..
 

.....this will come to my property,and it i'm gonna turn it into my recording studio.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...g?t=1195851635


so all i have to do now is........get ahold of my buddy who drives a crane truck,dial in a price..........and that puppy will have a new home.

it needs some work but.........i am more than willing to play with that damn caboose.

3 years after searching....and i finally get my grubby mitts on one.



wooooooooohoooooooooooooo..........


time to celebrate with a cold wobbly pop.



*let the onslaught begin*



..........and yeah i know........."what the fuck man.......are you on glue?"


Martian........you gotta come record in my caboose man,when it's done.

/me looks forward to a "steel wheels" tour...

i ain't that old yet phil...........


sheesh.

Damn straight I do. That's gonna make one badass studio.

Thats so cool Fly, I want one...

One thing though, does the wife know you're inviting people over to play in your caboose haha, sorry dude I couldn't pass that up.

hahhahhahahha..........jay dude........


i'm laughing my bag off here man........nice slice.




*bastard*

Hmm... "training" sessions in the studio?

Jetee...........good call man.


nicely done........:thumbsup:

Hey, wifey's welcome to come play in the caboose too. Could get the whole family in there, even. Sounds like a fun time to me!

flyman, you rock like no other.......


:thumbsup:

that is one of the best ideas i've seen in a long time.

i applaud you for your recycling efforts.

to curb the proliferation of "temporary buildings" (prefabs) on elementary school campuses (here in the US - maybe not up North), i'd like to see them use your old rail car idea. - what young kid wouldn't LOVE to go to class in an old train car??? sell the idea man. hook up with your buddy with crane and come make your millions here.

that's a good idea doodle........see i don't know about in the States but...up here,they don't run a caboose anymore..........and about 10/15 years ago,they were just giving them away........and as of recently.....i was lookin' at $45,000 to $55,000.........just to purchase one.that didn't even include me moving it to my place.

with this one.........i got it for "FREE".........and i only have to pay a couple grand to get her moved here.

score............

and i never looked at it as recycling.......what a bonus that is eh......

this one they were just gonna rip apart and turn her into scrap so.......


why not right?

i have until June 15th to have it completley off of the property it sits on so.....more than enough time.

happy,happy dude right here baby

puts a whole new twist to - What's that I hear? Is that a train?

that's so cool. Makes me long for the days when we had cabooses. where about is it, and where are you moving it to?

Very cool idea, good luck with it. Without divulging the exact location if you don't want to, about where on the CP is it?

With the company I work for, our largest customers are the U.S. and Canadian railroads so I'm aware of the demise of the caboose. I think it's mainly due to union labor changes where the guys who used the cabooses were negotiated out of their jobs due to more automation.

As usual Fly, you rock.

The one thing I worry about is, once it becomes your caboose, how are you going to keep it from growing hair all over it?

it's on a property that is about half an hour from my place.just sitting in the middle of nowhere.....

i'll need a big bugger crane to get it to my place..........

i'm right on the Fraser River....and there's a trestle right close by,we see trains and i mean alot of trains daily going over the river....


should fit in down here well


the only thing that'll grow all over it down here would be blackberry bushes.....


smartass..........:thumbsup:

Ha, I was thinking the same thing.
There is definately too much focus on Fly's Cabbose here on TFP.

Three summers ago I helped with a caboose move. It was easier than most because on the 15ish km move there was no low powerlines or bridges and the guy that bought it was the owner of the lowboy truck that was used. So it was pretty much a case of dragging it onto the bed, moving it very very slowly (it was over-height and tippy), then dragging it off onto the prepared pad/ties/rails. Made life much easier than worrying about the $2000/day cranes.

Also, this is awesome. I would love to restore one. The one I saw was a newer CP, but it was too much metal and not enough character.

yeah so far.........i'm lookin' in and around 2-3 grand for the move......

soon as the winter pisses off.......i'm gonna start preparing the place in the horse field where she's gonna sit.....rails,ties,etc.

i'm gonna try and do it up original on the outside as best i can but........the inside ain't gonna look like the inside of a caboose i tell ya'.

the only part inside that is staying is gonna be where the cupola is located......2 nice little seats up high.....otherwise it's gonna house the recording studio.

This may be the first time in recorded history where there;s more smoke coming out of the caboose than the locomotive. A couple seats up in to cupola sounds like the very place to ponder man's relation to vegetation. :lol:

Top doood...........


you don't even know man.............:D

Dude, that is fucking awesome!!!! That has to be the greatest idea I have ever heard of!!

I am jealous. I live in the bloody city and I would get shot if I put something like that on my property

i get a 50/50 response........

"hey man,that's a cool idea"

"hey man,you're fucking whacked"


i can deal with them both........:D

swell ideas.........hows the project comming....the guy at the http://www.redcaboosegetaway.com/ ....is very friendly and knowlegable,you might contact him or go see his outfit...not that far away from you!

xoxoxoo...Bobby

i won't have it moved here until after the winter.........that gives me some time to get the base ready for the ties and rails........

thanks for the link to that site too bobby...:thumbsup:

Fly... that's just awesome.

I missed this when you first posted it... I am so jealous. I've always wanted a caboose.

It's good to see that these cool treasures are getting put to good use... I can't believe they were just going to scrap this one.

found some more caboose's on our trip....

this one is in downtown Shelton,Wa & these three are in Oyster Bay near Port Townsend,Wa.....a ice cream/coffee shop and dinner

right on bobby...thanks for the pics.

been tryin' all damn day to find the year of the one i'm getting......i at least now know that it is pre 1920's.......

again......thanks for the cabooses