Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15
Also known as: Caboose No. 15CA 140, El Portal, California
A caboose used on the defunct Yosemite Valley Railroad.
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YVRR Caboose No 15
Photo taken by Eric Polk
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
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Coordinates:
+37.67432, -119.7863337°40'28" N, 119°47'11" W
Description
The caboose was not built for the railroad but was purchased from another railroad in 1922. Historians have been unable to trace the origins of the caboose but estimate that it was built in the 1890s.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978
- Reference number
- 78000352
- Area of significance
- Transportation
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Rail-related
- Current function
- Museum
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1922; 1945
Update Log
- October 12, 2017: New photo from Jim Allen
- December 22, 2015: Updated by Eric Polk: Added overview and description