2003 - CB&Q Caboose

CB&Q Caboose was donated to Niwot by the Boulder County Railroad Historical Society. Volunteers work to restore it for display in Whistle Stop Park. Caboose #14649 was built in 1907. It rolled on the rails for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad. The caboose was retired in the 1950s. A standard caboose was furnished with bunk beds, a desk and a coal stove for heat and cooking meals. The train crew would spend several days on the trains. In the late 1900s, crews were not on a delivery route as many days and the caboose faded away when it was no longer used.