Items Needed
If you have any of the following items and would like to donate them to the museum, please contact us to arrange drop-off or pick up: media@slorrm.com or (805) 548-1894.
| Caboose Chairs
| OSB
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Caboose #1886
UPDATE 5/24/16: We are proud to say that we are nearing completion of the lengthy
restoration of our #1886 Caboose. Last year, dedicated friends and
members donated to help get the chairs, bunk and desk reupholstered.
Now, we need to ask for help again. The windows, made of lexan, have
been badly weathered. It is impossible to see anything through them.
We need to repair or replace all eleven of them. Some can be polished.
Some must be replaced. The average cost to repair or replace a window
is $200. We are putting out a call for donors who are willing to pay for a
window. If you can help, please contact media@slorrm.com or come in to
the Museum any Saturday. Many thanks to those of you who are willing
to step up to this request. We appreciate your help.UPDATE 4/21/16: Many thanks to everyone who has donated $400 to reupholster a caboose chair. We now have received enough donations from our generous members to renew all the chairs. The only items left to be reupholstered are the bunk mattress and the desk. Yes the desk! Actually, not the whole desk. Part of it was upholstered to prevent injury if a crew member should accidentally get jolted against it during movement. So we need two last donations to finish all the upholstery work. Again, many thanks to those who have contributed to this project already!
Your assistance is greatly needed to make this quickly evolving restoration take place this winter. This caboose was last operated by Southern Pacific Railroad on November 15, 1995 on the Lompoc/White Hills Branch. The museum is working hard to complete the interior restoration of the caboose and we are making great progress.
Preparation of the walls for painting is almost completed. Parts for the stove and refrigerator have been obtained and installed. Lighting fixtures have been removed and restored and the missing conductor's desk lamp has been replaced with an identical lamp that is new old stock! We are moving very fast so that this caboose can be available as our newest large exhibit. However, to be completed, we very much need your immediate help.
The caboose also needs a Dayco brand caboose generator, 12 volt.
Thank you very, very much,
Brad LaRose, President and Curator
San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
Keep Caboose #244 Safe
We need to keep the S.P. #244 wood caboose covered. The tarps have been destroyed by the weather. I now need exterior grade plywood or OSB, 4' x 8' sheets only. Hopefully, these, when placed onto the roof, will last much longer. We need these soon, before the first rains to protect the precious historic caboose artifact. Currently this caboose is in the Emily St. Yard.
