The Red Caboose Motel

I stayed there on Thursday and Friday night in early December, before and after the TCA bus trip to NYC layouts. My caboose was clean and comfortable. Breakfast in the Pennsy P70 coach converted to a dining car on Saturday morning was GREAT! The dining car will open this Saturday (the 24th). There will be a big re-opening event next Saturday (the 31st). I think the TCA Museum will be open, too. Red Caboose Motel posts on Facebook.

Our family has had a good time each time we've stayed at the Red Caboose. The first couple of times we were in a caboose that was not remodeled and things were fine, the remodeled caboose seemed to have some extra shelving removed but was updated. Folks just need to put themselves in the state of mind that the cabooses are about like cabins..not the Hampton Inn. The best part is waking up at dawn and watching the sunrise over the Amish countryside. Again, adjust your expectations and you'll be fine and enjoy the little things that come with staying in an old caboose.

Each time we've eaten in the restaurant, the food has been good, hot and plentiful. The service ranged from super to so so as they hire local young ladies who sometimes don't put all the effort they can in their job. It's really something to have lunch their and watch the Strasburg RR ramble pass. 

The petting zoo, the grounds, and the gift shop layout are neat to stroll around in between activities. I always seem to find a little model item or a DVD to bring home.

It's also nice to be able to railfan from the grounds and be able to walk to the TCA Museum as well. 

Does the place need updating...yes. Is it luxury accommodations? No.. Each time was fun and convenient to all that the Strasburg area has to offer. 

I can almost smell the coal as they fired in the morning one day some decades ago. That was what did it for me back then.

It was a real basic cabin accommodation, nothing out of Code that I knew of. And the quiet. I remember the quiet the most. None of that city noise. It was a long time ago.

We stayed there a year ago (in the Erie RR painted caboose between a Conrail N5C and a NYC bay window) and I enjoyed it.  Our caboose was pretty nice overall.

I've stayed several times and enjoyed my visits. Here was my favorite caboose back in 2008.

B&OB

Stayed once - never again. Dirty, unkept rooms. Whenever in the area, we stay at the Historic Strasburg Inn. Nice place, pool, gym, etc, etc. 

How long ago was that?  We were there a year ago and though the sheets/blankets were old, they were real clean.