Lorain's Caboose

09/15/2024

Come down and tour the caboose today!

11/28/2023

Lorain's Caboose lit up for Lorain Winterfest and the holiday season!

10/05/2023

History made on October 4, 2023. Lorains's Caboose C-3855 exterior restoration is complete!

11/07/2021

09/25/2021

DUE TO WEATHER CONCERNS ROADS - RAILS - N - SALES 2021 HAS BEEN MOVED TO SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26.

10/12/2020

We would like to say a very special "Thank You" to The Lorain County Commissioners for awarding Lorain's Caboose a $4,500 grant!

Thank you Sharon Sweda, James Cordes, Lori Kokoski, and Matt Lundy.

09/26/2020

The count down is on. Roads-Rails-n-Sales is only hours away!

Black River Landjng 10am to 4pm.

Thanks to Lisa Miller and Lorain 365 for her special challenge this week.

See you all there!

07/19/2020

Heads up everyone! Spectrum News 1 is running 2 versions of the interview they did on the caboose this evening (7/19). Looks like several times every hour.

04/16/2020

Hey all. In the previous post I forgot to also give a shout out to Brian Dembinski for his comment in the Ohio Railroad Enthusiasts post. Thanks Brian!

04/16/2020

Lorain's caboose was recently mentioned in the Ohio Railroad Enthusiasts Facebook group. Thank you Todd Wolf and George Siss III. The caboose was donated by CSX Transportation to the Lorain Growth Corp. Tourism Committee and is being restored by its Caboose Crew. The caboose was moved from Lester, Ohio in the Spring of 2019. First to near the steel mill, the to 14th Street, It was moved, August 17, 2019, to its current location behind the Palace Theater at Black River Landing. It will remain there until the exterior is completed, It will the be pushed to behind the flag poles near the Black River Transportation Center (the train station).

Please go to https://loraincaboose.org to see photos of the move and more. Although any physical work is on hold right now, there is still a lot happening behind the scenes. Keep up with the news at the caboose page and website.

Thank you for your interest.

WELCOME We have some... GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS... Check out the DONATE page to see all of the ways that you can support Lorain's Caboose! BAD NEWS... HOBO STEW COOK OFF&FLEA MARKET Well folks. Sorry to say but this event has been postponed.Please keep this event in mind for later in the year V...

04/16/2020

Greetings. During these tough times. The Lorain's Caboose Crew hopes that everyone stays safe and healthy. We hope that we will see you all soon! Until then, please continue to check https://loraincaboose.org for news about the caboose.

WELCOME We have some... GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS... Check out the DONATE page to see all of the ways that you can support Lorain's Caboose! BAD NEWS... HOBO STEW COOK OFF&FLEA MARKET Well folks. Sorry to say but this event has been postponed.Please keep this event in mind for later in the year V...

01/06/2020

Greetings and Happy New Year's from Lorain's Caboose!

12/27/2019

Get your Lorain Caboose 3855 Christmas ornament this weekend at International Trees and Trains. Black River Landing, Lorain Ohio. Friday and Saturday, 5 to 9. Sunday 3 to 7.

12/20/2019

Greetings Lorain Caboose followers. We are excited to announce that our custom, made in America, Limited Edition Lorain Caboose Christmas ornaments have arrived! This is our latest fundraiser for our caboose. Ornaments are $25 each. If you would like it shipped we can do that for an additional $9.95. Ornaments can be purchased directly at the International Trees and Trains event this weekend at Black River Landing. Online purchasing is in the works. If you are interested in purchasing an ornament you can send an email to [email protected] or call 440-759-3097.

11/03/2019

TODAY, November 3rd is TRAINing DAY, a FREE event sponsored by the North Coast Division of the National Model Railroad Association in honor of National Model Railroading Month. We hold this event to introduce or maybe reintroduce the hobby of Model Railroading and show people how we do what we do. This event is for all ages and skill levels.

The FREE event has many activities including many opportunities to win door prizes and a make it take it area where you could build ca kits, buildings, and scenery items and take them home with you. We will have a scout counselor on site for Boy Scouts who want to learn how to or actually work on their Railroad Merit Badge.

Do you think you can be an engineer? Come and test your skills on a switching challenge provided by The Cuyahoga Valley and Westshore Model Railroad Club.

Our award winning Modular group, The Cleveland Sandusky & Southern Railway, will be operating trains during the event.

The Lorain Tourism group is restoring a caboose on the property which will be open to look in. Anyone who attends TRAINing DAY can register to look in the caboose and be registered to win a starter train set provided by Bachmann Model Trains.

So many activities! We hope you can join us!

Division 4 TRAINing DAY is

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

BLACK RIVER LANDING &TRANSPORTATION CENTER
421 Black River Lane (under the bridge)
Lorain. Ohio 44052

For more information go to

09/01/2019

Greetings! The caboose now a few 100 feet from its final home. Our first big fundraiser is coming to a close Labor Day. At 10 a.m. at the caboose we will have the raffle drawing. Tickets and T-shirts will be available prior to drawing from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Check out the caboose website https://loraincaboose.org for all of the details.

Hits: 1239 LORAIN'S CABOOSE Honoring Lorain's Railroad Heritage CABOOSE RAFFLE DRAWING 10 a.M. LABOR DAY aT tHE cABOOSETickets and T-Shirts will be sold 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. prior to drawing On Saturday August 17th Cabooose #3855 was successfully moved to the grounds of Black River Landing! Now on...

08/28/2019

08/28/2019