The sellers of Historic Ashburn Hill Plantation outside of Moultrie, GA have decided to include the "Ashburn Hill" caboose in this weekend's absolute auction. The caboose is a solid steel cupula built in 1971 for Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and weighs approximately 65,000lbs. The caboose will be sold December 4th, 2010 on site at absolute auction with no reserves and no minimums. For more information please contact: Eric McCollum, The Wright Group, Thomasville, GA 229-226-2564 office or 229-200-4457 cell. Please go to http://www.wrightbroker.com for more information on the auction as well as the sale of this caboose and the 1901 Private Pullman railcar.


Auction will also include hundreds of items of railroad memorabilia.

It seems every seller of railroad equipment dreams that rich private buyers are standing around waiting for equipment to buy... Or that museums can magically fundraise and meet their board in a matter of days. If only.