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This cupola style caboose was built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (commonly known as the "Cotton Belt") in 1925 and served for twenty-one years. In 1946, it was sold to equipment dealer Hyman Michaels, who in turn resold the car to Calumet & Hecla, a short industrial railroad owned and operated by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in upper peninsula Michgan. C&H #1 was the first caboose acquired by Mid-Continent when it was donated in 1962. #1 was moved from Michigan to Hillsboro, Wisconsin where it was used in service to haul passengers in the museum's first and only season on the Hillsboro & Northeastern Railroad. In 1963, it was moved to North Freedom with the rest of Mid-Continent's collection of equipment and used in service. In 1968, it was painted a dull green and lettered for the New York Central for filming of the Swedish production "The Immigrants." In 1978, #1 was sold to a museum member and presently is painted caboose red with "Cotton Belt" lettering. |
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| #1 at North Freedom, c.2001. |
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| #1 at North Freedom, November 9, 1997. |
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| #1 at North Freedom, September 1967. |
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| #1 at Quartzite Lake, 1964. |
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| #1 at North Freedom, 1963. |
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