Concordia's Caboose

ID: 476 ~ Source: Gifford, C. J. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, C. J. Gifford ~ Date: July 7, 2021

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The Rail Car Caboose is situated in Central Park in Concordia, Missouri. The Union Pacific donated the caboose to Concordia in February 1989 as a reminder of the railway which ran through the town from May 1871-July 1982.

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Concordia Missouri Train Caboose

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, C. J. Gifford, Glyne Gee

Railroads came to Missouri via the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This railroad started in St. Louis and would stretch all the way to Kansas City. Though construction was started in 1851, it took 14 years to complete. Lafayette County, seeing the…