Railway Days - Upper Caboose Ride

Take a special ride aboard Heritage Park's little red caboose! This exclusive opportunity is only available during Railway Days, and tickets are extremely limited. 

Park admission sold separately. Park admission is free for valid annual members.

Advance (physical) tickets can be picked up at ADMISSIONS BUILDING.                                                                

At-the-door tickets can be purchased at TOWN HALL.                                                                                                

All rides depart from Laggan Station.                                                                                                                              

Latecomers may not be accommodated.     

About the caboose

A brightly painted caboose, topped by a little observation cupola, brought up the rear of every freight train. Each caboose was equipped with emergency flares, flags, signal lamps and spare equipment. As a home on wheels it was also furnished with an ice-box, water tank, table, chairs, benches, mattresses and a pot-bellied cast iron stove with bake oven and ubiquitous coffee pot.

This wooden caboose was built in 1912 by the Canadian Pacific Railway at Angus Shops in Montreal. During the 1990s cabooses were retired from North American railways and replaced with electronic end-of-train units.