Historic Restoration Saves a Rare Wabash Railroad Caboose | Part 2

How do you rebuild a century-old caboose? With a little help from your friends! Project Manager David "DJ" DePanicis takes us on a tour of the finished restoration of Wabash Railroad caboose no. 2534, one of only two wooden Wabash cabooses in existence.
Learn more about the restoration here: fortwaynerailroad.org/2021/01... and watch Part 1 of this video here: • Historic Restoration S...
Once on display in Fort Wayne's Swinney Park in 1957, the caboose and Wabash steam locomotive no. 534 were part of a monument installed by the Tri-State Railroad Community Committee, a consortium of area railroad employees. In 1984, the display was relocated to the FWRHS in New Haven.
With donations from members and the general public, in addition to assistance from the Wabash Railroad Historical Society, DePanicis and a team of over a dozen regular volunteers steadily disassembled and rebuilt the caboose over three years and committed over 5,000 hours to the effort. 90% of the structure was replaced and over 1,000 pieces of new lumber were used in the effort, including several curved and arched beams that were hand-made for the interior roof.
Wabash caboose no. 2534 will continue to serve in an educational and entertainment capacity, hosting families aboard the organization's popular Santa Train and other seasonal events. The caboose's counterpart, steam locomotive no. 534, is currently undergoing preparation for a restoration of its own sometime in the future.
#restoration #carpentry #historicpreservation

[@fortwaynerailroad]

Wabash Railroad caboose no. 2534 is one of only two wooden Wabash cabooses in existence! Learn more about this extensive restoration here: fortwaynerailroad.org/2021/01/historic-wabash-caboose-restoration-completed/ and watch Part 1 of this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZTXhnZjhMlji9U

[@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos]

Congratulations on the restoration! That's incredible to see a piece of history being returned to it's original condition. I restore, maintain and operate vintage trolley cars in Oregon as part of the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society (OERHS). I understand and appreciate the large amount of work it takes to make this happen. It feels really good to be able to use and apply knowledge of equipment like this and then be able to show off the work to the public when I run vintage trolley cars. I'm only 25 years old, and I've loved trains all my life, and preserving the history really makes me proud to bring a project like this one from it's very beginnings at the ground-up to a fully completed, restored, and operational piece of equipment. It makes me happy to see like-minded organizations saving historic railroad equipment like this for future generations to enjoy and for people of all ages to be able to gain a sense of old-time railroading.

[@tommyhunter1817]

That is freaking nice buddy. WELL DONE.

[@maxwellsteam5810]

of the little that is left of Wabash, im glad to see pieces of it returning, little or large. I live in Manhattan, IL on ex Wabash. And it's great to see more of wabash return. Thank you to all the Volunteers and Members responsible for restoring this beautiful Caboose!

[@laurie1288]

Happy April Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society!!

[@normsweet1710]

Great Job to ALL the volunteers. quiet music , no yelling in the viewers face about how hard it is to rebuild the caboose. Very rewarding to me to see it done. My great grandad was an engineer out of Archbold Oh, lived in Butler Ind before retiring to the farm over in Lenawee County mi. I never met the man but heard stories of how his right hand was burned & crippled up in an accident. Wish I lived closer so I could come by once in a while to ck progress on all your projects

[@Jameson4327]

I grew up in Indiana and I can remember seeing the Walbash caboose. It was a sad day when they discontinued the caboose. I need to get to the museum for a tour.

[@laurie1288]

Happy May Fort Wayne Railroad Society!

[@alcopower5710]

As someone who loves all things railroad related I have to confess that I love a caboose just as much as I love a locomotive. That caboose is a thing of beauty. Outstanding job 👍 Btw.....I have that same sink.

[@randybearor6650]

Y'all have really done a beautiful restore job. A job well done. Best of all you did not have to take any shortcuts in your outstanding restore . Love the old trains.

[@terryengland1880]

We done, great job best wishes and stay safe. We over the pond are restoring a British railways brake van. Best wishes the Shillingstone Wagoners

[@scottpool4777]

That caboose it’s a thing of beauty Wabash beautiful.

[@Patriots4343]

Great job by everyone ❤, beautiful historical piece 🤠

[@evanf1293]

Glad to see this project was a success and that the caboose will be used in the future for events and I can't wait to see when 358 is done and running and to see 765 running later this year. Good lucky FWHS

[@BMMEC6000]

Looks great! Good job guys!

[@Eduardomd54]

Very inspiring your work! Congratulations for you for the volunteers and for everybody who in one way or another made this possible Greetings from Yucatan- México 🇲🇽

[@craigmiller332]

Beautifully done!

[@henryszubielski8601]

Magnificent job! I looks beautiful.

[@therenault4cvproject145]

Great job! It looks wonderful!

[@harlingpark723]

What a great job, well done.:)

[@_JimS]

Absolutely wonderful job. Thanks so much for preserving these old gals. Why were cabooses painted green on the inside?

[@jeffgrier8488]

You all did some wonderful work, the caboose looks great!!

[@6777Productions]

Love the look of that old caboose. Beautifully remade! Hopefully that will forever trail the tool car wherever the 765 rolls

[@MrJeep75]

Awesome job

[@tylergreen4843]

It's Beautiful! Job well done!

[@amascia8327]

Excellent presentation.

[@richardsobieck9660]

Well done!!!

[@brianfalzon6739]

Congratulations!

[@Buddha-eb5yl]

Sorry for my bad English Sir ! It is possible to see more Work ? Woodwork and Metallwork is intresting for me ! Great Work Congratulation on the Volluntìers from a German Museum Rail Worker - Conducter ! Stay safe 👍👍👍👍👍😉

[@larryfeeks6620]

Incredible!

[@rayrath3116]

An awesome video of the rebuild of a century old Wabash Caboose #2643.

[@jacojasso9901]

Honestly they did a good job restoring it. You don't see that much Wabash stuff anymore.

[@curailproductions7636]

Nice Job!!!

[@granddrunkwestern6325]

Congratulations on 10K subscribers

[@dabald5061]

i have an old caboose its a D&RG narrow gauge from around 1900

[@Mr.RailYard-LJLRailYard]

Nice

[@ntytp]

It finally made it

[@BenBensonStudios]

That’s so awesome! You all did such a great job! Quick question, will 765 run on the CVSR this year?

[@jrzellers]

❤️

[@SouthernRailwayProductio-rw8wb]

At Least 765 Is Kept Safe And Operational

[@danielhilleman9698]

I have the same exact stove looking for the legs and ash pan amd some info on it

[@1829entertainment]

Yes-

[@djlau1]

conected to a loco from the wildwest area pfffuuuweee that is a time warm

[@djlau1]

time warp hihi

[@pauljones2762]

Looks like a rubber roof, how did you seal it around the ends of the coupulo ?