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Type C31 (Cupola) Caboose

GPS Coordinates: 38.8005096, -77.3319100
Closest Address: 11200 Fairfax Station Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039

Type C31 (Cupola) Caboose

Here follows the inscription written on this trailside historical marker:

Type C31 (Cupola) Caboose
This caboose was built for the Norfolk and Western Railroad (N&W) in December 1969.

It was donated in 1993 to the museum and repainted as Southern Railway (SR) Washington Division caboose X518606 the following year.

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Nathaniel Lee

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6121 Franconia Road

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