The caboose that’s been sitting in the recycling center since 2010 is destined for a new life at a new home.
At the Borough Council meeting Monday, March 21, the Council approved a resolution to donate the caboose to the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, N.J., a familiar destination for class trips by school kids from across the state.
The Sussex County museum’s train experts will remove the caboose from the recycling center, transport it, restore it and put it on display at the museum, all at no expense to the town. The Borough’s original intention to restore it and display it at the north side train station never came to fruition.
The Council expressed its appreciation to museum officials and are looking forward to the display of this icon of the old Central Railroad of New Jersey, which built the caboose in 1943, at the museum.
