QUICK FACTS

Model: B&O class C-27A bay window caboose
Built: July 1980
Builder: Fruit Growers Express, Alexandria, VA
Past Railroad Owners: Chessie System (Baltimore & Ohio), CSX Transportation
Current Owner: TOYX, Inc.
Current Location: Erie Turntable, Port Jervis, NY

Caboose No. 1225 was built in July 1980 by Fruit Growers Express (FGE) at their plant in Alexandria, Virginia. The car was originally Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) No. 904002 (class C-27A) during the time that the B&O was part of the “Chessie System” umbrella. It was equipped with seating for eight and bunks for two (which converted into a bench seat), so there was ample space for crews to “deadhead” back to their home terminal on board one of these cabooses on the rear of another train.

The car was in service in Grafton, West Virginia when it was transferred to CSX Transportation in 1986, and it was most recently used in local and yard service in Waycross, Georgia.

In February 2019, CSX Transportation donated this historic caboose (in its full original 1980 paint job) to Operation Toy Train as a part source for the restoration of identical caboose No. 904059. It was moved to Port Jervis, NY on March 7, 2022 and subsequently renumbered to No. 1225.

Many parts from the interior of this car were reused in the No. 904059, while windows and other exterior parts were salvaged for use on other cabooses in TOYX’s fleet. The remainder of the car was repainted red, and it is now used for tool and part storage to support the rest of the railroad equipment on site.