An overhead shot shows Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association volunteers pushing the red caboose down the track in Stango Park March 29. Sen. Russ Huxtable even joined what they called the “Big Shove.” The caboose was moved to make room for a coal tender that will soon be placed on the track. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Volunteers had to first move the wooden stairs from the side of the caboose. 
The caboose was closer to the east end of the tracks until the “Big Shove.” BILL SHULL PHOTO
The caboose is now in its new position, 100 feet farther down the track in Stango Park. It will be open for tours Sunday, April. 6. BILL SHULL PHOTO
An overhead shot shows Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association volunteers pushing the red caboose down the track in Stango Park March 29. Sen. Russ Huxtable even joined what they called the “Big Shove.” The caboose was moved to make room for a coal tender that will soon be placed on the track. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Volunteers had to first move the wooden stairs from the side of the caboose.
The caboose was closer to the east end of the tracks until the “Big Shove.” BILL SHULL PHOTO
The caboose is now in its new position, 100 feet farther down the track in Stango Park. It will be open for tours Sunday, April. 6. BILL SHULL PHOTO
The move was short, but Lewes’ big red caboose had to make room for another piece of railroad history long in the making.
Volunteers from the Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association pushed the caboose 100 feet west on the track in Stango Park March 29. They called it the “Big Shove.”
Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes, even interrupted a walk through the park to help.
A railroad tie was placed across the track to prevent the 20-ton railcar from continuing down the bike trail. The caboose had not been moved in more than two years.
The LJRBA had to make way for a coal tender that will soon arrive and take its place on the rails.
According to the LJRBA, the tender’s main section, called the box, has been rebuilt from original Pennsylvania Railroad plans of the correct vintage. Distinctive elements of other original equipment were incorporated into the final design by Mellinger Manufacturing of Willow Street, Pa.
A former Pennsylvania Railroad steam engine is being restored in Yorklyn and will join the exhibit in the future.
The organization said the tender is now expected to arrive on Thursday, April 10.
For more information on the exhibit, go to lewesjunctionrr.org.
An overhead shot shows Lewes Junction Railroad and Bridge Association volunteers pushing the red caboose down the track in Stango Park March 29. Sen. Russ Huxtable even joined what they called the “Big Shove.” The caboose was moved to make room for a coal tender that will soon be placed on the track. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Volunteers had to first move the wooden stairs from the side of the caboose.
The caboose was closer to the east end of the tracks until the “Big Shove.” BILL SHULL PHOTO
The caboose is now in its new position, 100 feet farther down the track in Stango Park. It will be open for tours Sunday, April. 6. BILL SHULL PHOTOEvent Details :
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