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MORTON COUNTY KANSAS HISTORICAL MUSEUM
U.S. HWY 56
ELKHART, KANSAS -USA
Location: ELKHART, KS
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On display in front of the Morton County Historical Museum in Elkhart, Kansas, along U.S. Hwy 56 is the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Caboose #999481. One of 225 built, this Cupola style was manufactured in 1942 and rebuilt in 1970. Caboose’s provided the train crew with shelter, a conductor’s seat, a desk, a coal fired heat stove, a 12 volt DC refrigeratpr, a microphor chemical toilet, three pairs of facing bench seats that could be converted into bunks and two cupola seats. These cars presented some operational issues because they had to be turned to face the proper direction. Tradition on many lines held that cabooses be painted a bright red, like this one.
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Added 01/10/2009
Updated 06/28/2011
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