GUADALUPE, Calif. (KEYT) – The city of Guadalupe took a step toward modernizing their transit hub this morning by removing an historic train caboose from the parking lot.
The whole operation took less than two hours.
The J.F. Will Company got started at 8:00 in the morning, punctuating the skyline with a crane, and the crew worked fast.
Guadalupe Station has been serving the century-old Santa Maria Valley Railroad since 1998, when this caboose was first placed in the entry parking lot.
Caboose 210 went into service in 1962 and had a thirty-year track record before arriving here for a stop that lasted almost another thirty years.
The initial intent was to use it as an office space, but that plan never took shape and the caboose became an attraction.
By 9:30 Tuesday morning, the caboose was gone from the parking lot, on the road to its next stop.
City leaders say that while some may see this as the loss of an historic landmark, construction can now begin on some critical modernization upgrades to Guadalupe Station.
The caboose was transported to the Santa Maria train yard where it will await refurbishment, possibly back to serviceable condition.
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