Most early cabooses used a cupola to permit the crew to watch over the train ahead. The bay window design, developed in 1923, was considered safer for crews and provided a better view of the side and wheels of the cars ahead.
The Chicago, . . . — — Map (db m286413) HM
In 1841, Dr. Elijah Smith of New Jersey, Itasca's founding father, first came to the area which would one day become the Village of Itasca. On the initial leg of his journey, he experienced train travel as he went west to the city of Detroit. From . . . — — Map (db m286405) HM
This bell came from a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the Milwaukee Road. The number on the bell indicates that it came from locomotive number 6168; records indicate that only one Milwaukee . . . — — Map (db m286410) HM
