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Canadian National Caboose #79301

This caboose was built by Hawker Siddely in 1967, and was used all across Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific. After a long service on Standard rails for the Canadian National Railway, it was retired in 1992. Merville Station purchased it in 1993. It was brought to Vancouver, British Columbia by rail, and shipped over to Vancouver Island by rail-barge. After a short trip on the E&N Railroad tracks up to Royston, near Courtenay, the Caboose #79301 was partially dismantled and brought to its present location by a low bed tractor trailer, with a dump truck hauling the two carriage beds weighing over 4 tons each!

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Toronto, Ontario -1986 - {Kermit Geary Jr. Photo)	Original Dimension Data

Removal of cab from trucks and onto low bed truck	Negotiating corner at the bottom of Mount Washington Road	Puntledge River Bridge with other truck following
Crossing over Tsolum River with 21 tons...	Arrival at Merville	This caboose is big...
Pushing it over the trucks	Almost in place!	Going back onto the trucks...
	Lining up onto the two pins.	The caboose today waiting for your visit...