What is a caboose stove?
The Caboose Potbelly Stove heats up to 1,500 square feet and offers a 200,000 BTU rating, making it the perfect heating element for any room. This old fashioned Stove burns coal only. It features a convenient ash door and tray for easy clean out and disposal and draft controls on the feed and ash doors.
How much does a caboose stove weigh?
Long flared top with 8″ lift out lid facilitates fry pan or tea kettle. Stove comes assembled except for legs. Cast Iron….1869 Caboose Potbelly Coal Stove.
| Assembled Width (in) | 21.6 |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 236 |
| Package Width | 29 |
| Package Height | 33 |
| Assembled Depth (in) | 19.5 |
What is a railroad stove?
Vogelzang’s railroad potbelly stove is reminiscent of potbelly stoves seen in the train Stations of yesteryear. Made from rugged cast iron for better heat Radiation, this stove brings back the nostalgia from many a childhood. This is designed to burn coal only and has an integrated Shaker grate system. Coal Capacity.
How much does it cost to transport a caboose?
Cost of a Caboose
| Purchase Price for 8 cabooses $3200.00@ | Sub-Total = $25600.00 |
|---|---|
| Had to move 103 miles by 2 railroad Co. $678.00@ | Sub-Total = $ 5424.00 |
| Move them 1 mile crane/trucks $1000.00@ | Sub-Total = $ 8000.00 |
| Painting exterior & interior $2800.00@ | Sub-Total = $22400.00 |
How much does a caboose cost?
Typical prices for steel-bodied boxcars and cabooses run between $2,000 and $4,000. Wooden cars, when they can be found, are generally cheaper.
What kind of stove is in the caboose?
The next time you are over to the caboose take a look at the stove. The pot belly stove is a cast-iron wood/coal burning stove that is round with a bulge in the middle of it.
Where was the potbelly caboose coal burning stove made?
Pennsylvania Railroad Potbelly Caboose Stove Cast Iron Coal Wood Burning. FINIAL NOT INCLUDED AND IS LISTED SEPARATELY. There is some surface rust but it is in excellent condition for it’s age. All hinges grates and latches in working condition. We believe this was made by the Hamilton, OH Estate Stove Company.
What was the railroad connection on Cole’s cast iron stove?
The railroad connection “Tell” is the raised lip that is surrounding the perimeter of the stove top. This design feature kept the kettles and pots from falling from the stove top, while the train was in motion. This stove comes with the Estate handle, a Cole’s Original Ash Shovel and a 6″ Stove Flue with the 6″ Stove Damper.
Why was a railroad stove on the floor?
A stove with 12″ legs sitting on the floor of a moving railroad car would simply fall over before it got out of the rail yard or depot. And finally, in almost all cases, the stoves had a Lipped Top, a solid ring of cast iron above the top cook surface, usually 1″ or more, to keep the coffee pot or pan of chili from sliding off while under way.