Norfolk & Western Caboose #518654
This Norfolk & Western caboose was given to the City of Burlington by Norfolk Southern Railway in 1993. It is symbolic of the railroad roots of the North Carolina Railroad town of Company Shops (1866) which became Burlington in 1893. The caboose was painstakingly restored in 2006-2007 and is now a museum depicting life aboard a train as it was when a caboose rolled behind every freight.
Available for guided tours by appointment
Call the Burlington Recreation & Parks Department
Monday - Friday 336.222.5030
Marker is on West Webb Avenue (NC Highway 87), on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
