Rural Excursion

Urban areas like Syracuse don’t tend to offer cabooses in their parks; they are usually found in small towns where the railroad had once been a prominent feature. Commonly, smaller hamlets add cabooses to their community parks to honor their rail history. While my web search produced no cabooses in Syracuse, I did find some in a nearby town, so on our vacation’s fifth day while Mommy was working, the guys drove over to Utica, New York. We found one old wooden Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad caboose being used as a hair salon and a Pennsylvania Railroad caboose on display behind a Children’s Museum. At the train depot we saw old train cars belonging to the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. The boys were so delighted that Dad knew he had to find more trains. That night the family decided to reroute our journey home, adding some mileage and opportunities to our trip.