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Lawndale Caboose?
Posted by:
cheshie04
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Date: March 18, 2011 12:22AM
A few times a month I end up drving down California and always at the intersection of 31st, I ponder at the caboose that is in an empty lot there. It's just a standard red caboose, but not very damaged as it's behind a fence.
Does anyone know the history behind it? Why is it there? For how long? Who held the rights to it?
Any info you have would be great! Thanks!
-Kelly
Does anyone know the history behind it? Why is it there? For how long? Who held the rights to it?
Any info you have would be great! Thanks!
-Kelly
Re: Lawndale Caboose?
Posted by:
CrazyIvan25
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Date: March 18, 2011 09:58PM
Thanks to google maps, I see what you are talking about.
No idea as to why its there. It seems to have been there for a few years, according to Historic Aerials, since 98.
No idea as to why its there. It seems to have been there for a few years, according to Historic Aerials, since 98.
Re: Lawndale Caboose?
Posted by:
adgorn
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Date: March 23, 2011 08:56PM
If we are talking about the same thing, I waymarked it recently:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM76XW_Forlorn_caboose_on_southwest_side_of_Chicago_IL
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM76XW_Forlorn_caboose_on_southwest_side_of_Chicago_IL
Re: Lawndale Caboose?
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
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Date: February 07, 2016 04:14AM
Anyone know if it's still there?
