NPS Photo, Ken Ganz

CN 3254, a freight locomotive built in 1917, pulls a flat car and a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad caboose in the yard at Steamtown.

Steamtown offers the "Caboose Experience" train ride on selected days during the summer. This short (15 to 30 minute) train ride gives visitors a chance to ride in a steam-era caboose. To find out when the "Caboose Experience" train ride is running, visit our Guided Tours page. Due to staffing and equipment availability, the Guided Tours page is updated on a monthly basis, with each months schedule posted about a week before the start of the month.

Visitors are often surprised at how uncomfortable, cramped and noisy a caboose can be. Spending up to 12 hours in one during the steam era was, to say the least, trying.