Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Dotzenrod and his daughter Danielle transformed a 1973 train caboose into an Airbnb. It has the original conductor's chairs ...

This train is going nowhere fast physically — but online, it’s off the rails in popularity. Inspired by a row of cabooses he repeatedly drove past in 2016, Iowa-based carpenter Jim Dotzenrod made up ...

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A father and daughter have created one cool place to lay your head while giving new life to old train rolling stock. In northeast Iowa sits an old SOO Line caboose overlooking a horse pasture. Inside ...

If folks can turn ambulances or army trucks into welcoming mobile homes, couldn’t they do the same with old train cars? Yes, they can. Instead of abandoning these cabooses with historical value, some ...

There are plenty of train cars turned homes on wheels across the U.S. and in some European countries, but what makes this one particularly unique is the fact that it doesn’t try to mimic a ...

The first thing visible were the red and blue flashing lights of a police vehicle jumping up from behind the crest of a small hill. Close behind, slowly making its way down State Street just outside ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Jim Dotzenrod purchased this train caboose from a scrapyard in 2016. Jim Dotzenrod had driven by a row ...