How to move a 20 Ton Railroad Caboose to your backyard? Vacation Home Camping Play House or rental units dvd Start Price - Current Price - Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 End Time Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Location Catawissa, Pa. See more about 'How to move a 20 Ton Railroad Caboose to your backyard?' Description Great Gift / Railroad Caboose Video  FREE SHIPPING   A must if you are thinking of moving a caboose. In this video, I personally show you how to restore a railroad caboose, Outside & Inside. Also includes a free 15 minute tour of our cabooses & our repair shop with the purchase of this video, by appointment only. the Catawissa Railroad "Preserving Our Railroad Heritage"     See what it takes to move 14 REAL CABOOSES to your back yard. NOTE read this first! This is not a Hollywood made movie, does not have anywhere near the cinematic quality of a standard Hollywood movie. It's only a homespun video tape! My main objective is to show you what's evolved in moving a caboose, before you buy one. There are some scenes that are a little grainy, also s little camera shake caused by, for example, an unsteady hand. Most of these clips were shot from inside a crane, heavy pay loader, moving vehicles or hanging on the side of a railroad bridge,etc. Hope you get the idea? (Example: Viewing from semi-truck on the interstate) Which is petty cold. You'll see my Penn Central Caboose only 15 feet away going down Interstate 80 about seventy miles an hour and listen to the other truckers comments on there CB's These are live action clips, there is no AUCTION, CUT, RETAKE when you have a 50 ton crane waiting at $700 per hour. How often do you get to see REAL footage of moving a caboose or steam engine. Here, you get the REAL thing!!You will not be disappointed if you buy this movie. Do not buy it, if your "a movie critic" this is not a Bambi movie. Buying & Moving Cabooses nothing other than that!  BUY IT NOW! FREE SHIPPING ON 1 VIDEO TAPE or 1 DVD-Video Disk  A must if you are thinking of moving a caboose and don't know what's involved.  Or just plain interesting for Kids & Adults!!!  See something most won't ever see in a lifetime!  Buy your copy today.    Make a Great Gift(120 minutes) Recorded SP mode on 160 HIGH-QUALITY GRADE VHS VIDEOCASSETTE.  Also available in DVD video Check and see if your DVD Player can play DVD-Video disks! From 1996 to 2002. Photos of wood & steel cabooses in Pennsylvania. Some still available for sale. $$$$    This video will save you Time & Money, if your going to buy a caboose." " WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT MY VIDEO" Good evening Walter,  Sorry for the delayed response.  The video was a huge hit.  My father has discussed a caboose for the past 25 years.  Guess his dream is now mine also.  I appreciate you getting the tape in the mail so quickly.  I personally have only watched about 20 minutes, but will be borrowing it from him in the near future.  I wish you the best of luck in your projects and hope to see them in Pennsylvania some day.  My father made several comments on how well the video was put together.  He has watched 3 times already!  Best Regards,Doug-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Walt...I bought your caboose video and learned a lot..!!  Was very interesting and looks like you put some real work into your projects !!..I will be up to visit for sure...thanks again............ Joe in Jim Thorpe ,Pa... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Walt, I?m in Florida on Vacation. Brought the video with me and had a look a couple of weeks ago. It was well worth the cost to see what is really necessary to turn one of those cabooses into living quarters. Thanks for sharing this information with the rest of us. Kind regards, Rod Morris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ebay Feedback Reviews tractor-rat( 134) Sep-20-03 10:33:32 PDT 3144933050 S Praise : Nice homespun train video, If you are into cabooses this tape fits the bill 078735( 29) Sep-09-03 12:12:36 PDT 3141255899 S Praise : I LOVE Trains, and REALLY enjoyed your INFORMATIVE Tape. Thanks.User: shamitheatre (28) Date: Dec-24-03 23:13:38 PST Praise: Item arrived promptly; quality good with promise of hours of enjoyment! templesteve( 29) Aug-19-03 13:56:58 PDT 2938901509 S Praise : Good transaction, good experience. Note: staying in a caboose is rustic Left by Date Item# S/B pingjockey619( 34) Nov-03-03 20:18:57 PST 3151052155 S Praise : Out of this world video! Super fast shipping! Thanks! enact66( 40) Nov-01-03 02:23:47 PST 3149376004 S Praise : Smooth transaction, great seller to deal with f9fpanther( 293) Oct-29-03 19:26:39 PST 3149376004 S Praise : perfect 60 minutes / What to Look for before Buying a Caboose Places to look first for a caboose & when not to buy one Picking out from 40 Cabooses. Wood or steel cabooses which one to get? Caboose with converted friction to roller bearing trucks Laying track above or below ground which way would be best for your plans + Best time to lay out the utilities Purchase price for 8  cabooses  Finding the history of your caboose and its original condition Have things ready before the Big Day Doing rough grade leveling, setting ties into location, water line, electrical, sewer line, phone, air line for caboose whistle   60+ minutes / Will cover moving & painting cabooses.  Move 103 miles by  2 railroad Co. Hoisting the cab onto one flatbed and the trucks onto another. Take a trip down interstate 80 with a caboose in front of you. Visit Altoona and Hollidaysburg in PA, You see how we loaded two cabooses Watch us unload a caboose without a crane, safest, fastest and most economical way See how we chained the trucks to the underframe of the caboose and place it on my RR bridge Hard part - made easy, refurbishing and restoring   Setup a sandblaster, hydraulic push jacks & high pressure washer Interior shots before and after Spray paint the inside & outside, cutting windows and trim work Computer cut vinyl lettering; save $$$ money $$$ do it yourself vinyl graphics and logos Location & Installation, watch how I do the cutting, weeding, layering and masking computer-cut vinyl lettering and graphics in my shop & installing them on the caboose. See how we completely redone our caboose with new knotty pine wood work   See what it takes to move a REAL CABOOSE to your back yard. This video is ready for shipment, it covers everything I had to do, when I bought my 14 cabooses. Lots of still photos & scanned copies of all my bills, crane costs, bill of sale from the railroads, shipping receipts, etc.   Final cut 120+ minutes.  1 VIDEO TAPE. 0r 1 DVD video Check and see if your DVD Player can play DVD-Video disks    We made home movies on every caboose we have (14 Total ) over a hundred video hours will be cut. You'll see the 50 ton cranes and trucks we used.    They will include the places where we started to move them, plus placing them at the station & bridge, also photo clips of us restoring them. In all, this will give you a chance to see what it takes from the beginning to end on Buying & Moving a caboose. I'm also combining both video's below on one tape. It will cover all the (14) cabooses I own.You'll see all them on this video and what it took me to move them from site to the Catawissa Station. My first eight cabs (1996) came from Renova PA,  (1997) two from Altoona, Hollidaysburg PA shops, (1998) one from New Jersey and two more from Renova. Our video take you behind the scenes as well as to each location. Watch & listen to the moving crew.  Live sound, plus some narration and some music have been added to bring you 60 minutes of what it takes to find & move a caboose. All sound heard on the video is from field recordings, voice-overs are limited to explanatory material such as stills and diagrams   Thanks for looking Walter Gosciminski   If your thinking about buying and moving a railroad caboose, check this out first Added one hour moving our NYC caboose 38 miles to the train station, also moving our 1931 steam engine at the station. May 20 & 21 2003 http://caboosenut.com  I have a list of what it cost me.You can see more photos at http://caboosenut.com Email walt@caboosenut.com Below is all the Cabooses in this video   ERIE C237                          ex Erie Lackawanna      ex Conrail 19662 Reading 92039                ex Conrail 18772 Reading  94054               ex Conrail 18852 Reading 94100                ex Conrail 22139    One of Reading Last cabooses ordered. Lehigh Valley 95039   ex Conrail 18647 Lehigh Valley 95067    ex Conrail 18627 Lehigh Valley 95046    ex Conrail 18655 ATSF 1717                         ex Penn Central                 ex Conrail 18446 New Haven 705               ex Penn Central 19805   ex Conrail 19805 New Haven 605               ex Penn Central 19843   ex Conrail 19843 PRR 478144                      ex Penn Central 23378   ex Conrail  23378 Penn Central 18381      ex Conrail Conrail 21215                  N-21 Conrail's first and only true cabooses.   WHERE THE HECK IS CATAWISSA!  We are near Bloomsburg, Danville, Berwick, Harrisburg, Sunbury, Williamsport, Reading, Milton, and Lewisburg. Also we are close to Knoebel's Park one of the best Family entertainment around. Knoebels coaster, The Phoenix One of the Top 10 Coasters in the World! Train Ride Knoebel's AMUSEMENT PARK PA. + Bloomsburg Fair, held annually in September/October, Pennsylvania's biggest fair. I copied cuts from all my home video's (OVER 100 HOURS) on each caboose (14). It covers from laying track at the station & river bridge to picking out eight cabooses from forty of them, sandblasting, painting, lettering, finishing touches are all covered. Final cut 120 minutes. Recorded SP mode on 160 HIGH-QUALITY GRADE VIDEOCASSETTES. Also available in DVD video Check and see if your DVD Player can play DVD-Video disks Place a Bid!