The Red Caboose Motel

The guys packed the car on our sixth vacation day while Sandy completed her final work day. Afterwards, the family drove five hours due south through the beautiful New York and Pennsylvania country sides to The Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg, PA. It was late when we arrived and the boys went right to sleep. Early on the morning of the seventh day, Daddy took his still sleepy boys outside to survey the 38 brightly-colored cabooses, two dining cars and two baggage cars parked all around them. We slept in one of the oldest cars, a wooden cupola model. The Red Caboose Motel is the largest example of this very special accommodations genre. Established in 1970, its location in Pennsylvania Dutch country near several train-related attractions has provided a steady visitor stream for four decades.