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.

Caboose No. 1225 was built in July of 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 of 2019, CSX Transportation donated this historic caboose (in its full original 1980 paint job) to Operation Toy Train. It was moved to Port Jervis, NY on March 7, 2022 and subsequently renumbered to No. 1225.

Parts from the interior of this car were used to complete the restoration of identical caboose No. 904059, while the remainder of the car was repainted red and is now used for tool and part storage to support the rest of the railroad equipment on site.