Red Caboose Motel Review
Strasburg Pennsylvania
Lancaster Amish Country
Located on Paradise Lane in Strasburg, PA, the Red Caboose Motel
is a very unique motel indeed. In an area of Strasburg
where old trains and railroad related memorabilia are everywhere,
the Red Caboose Motel gives you the opportunity to stay overnight
and sleep in a genuine caboose in the middle of Amish farm
country. The grounds of the Red Caboose Motel is only a
few minutes and within sight and walking distance of the Strasburg Railroad train
station. The hourly train rides of the Strasburg Railroad
will travel right past the front of the Red Caboose Motel property giving you the
chance to watch a historical steam locomotive pulling fully restored passenger cars
past on its way toward Paradise PA, then back again to the
station later.
The Red Caboose Motel also has an authentic rail dining car
where they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner with a view (pictured
to the right, dining car on the left of the main building).
This dining car looks much as it did years ago when it was in
service and the Pennsylvania Dutch food is great. Don't be
alarmed if you feel the dining car move as though it were going
down the rails. They have cleverly rigged a push button
device that simulates the rail car is moving down the tracks!
The Red Caboose Motel has a great gift shop, most of which is a
large train display where the kids, young and old, can watch all
sorts of scale model trains chug around the tracks. The
gift shop also has many displays made from authentic train parts
including walls that were once part of the exteriors of box
cars.
Walk around the grounds of The Red Caboose Motel and discover
farm animals, a children's playground, a silo converted to a
lookout tower as well as many more surprises. You'll
definitely want to walk around and look at all the different
styles and paint schemes of the cabooses themselves. Each
caboose has it's own characteristic style and color schemes of
specific railroad lines around the country.
Directly behind the grounds of The Red Caboose Motel, is the
National Toy Train Museum. After spending the
night in a caboose walk over and enjoy the interactive displays
where you and the kids can push button to make the trains move and
landscape come alive.
Later, you can enjoy all that there is to do within a 10 minute
drive!
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