about this time last year I was going through Sharbot lake on the way to my cottage with my grandmother, my mum and my sister. having heard about a Caboose being brought to Sharbot lake as part of a future railway collection and museum. I persuaded my grandmother to drive by (but not stop) to see the caboose. there are lots of Cabooses left in canada, and in the world, but this one has a specail connection to me. in 2008 I did a co-op placement at Ottawa's Walkley railyard, at that time home of the Ottawa Central railway. while I was there I helped work on some of there Locomotives in the shop, and every once in a while we would go out to Vankleek Hill to service some of the locomotives there. besides locomotives (RS18's) there was a caboose there as well. this Caboose CN 79717 ex AMXX 79717, was saved by the Central Frontenac railway heritage society after CN bought the Ottawa Central Railway. here's what it looked like before painting:
Heres another picture of it freshly painted this summer
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