Moving the Caboose!

We hired a crane company out of Portland to move the caboose 16 miles from Astoria Oregon to Seaside. All in all the move went very well. The caboose weighs 38,000 lbs total. The wheel assemblies weigh 7,000 lbs each.

We had to cut the cupola off or special permits would need to be obtained.

28,000 lbs of caboose is airborn!

 Up up and away!

7,000 lb wheel assembly

It fits!

 Safe in Seaside.

Laying Track

Getting the track ready for the train's arrival. Never did this before, so I'm just making it up as I go along.

Each track weighed 1,000 lbs, so I moved them with the Toyota!

Got everything leveled side to side and end to end.

 

I built this track gauge to ensure the caboose would fit on the tracks. 4 feet 8 and 1/2 inches! Pounding spikes is not in my future line of work.

Ta da!