Full size caboose restored and on standard gauge track at the junction

 

rail rod

The rail rod on the tracks and getting ready for the main line. The rail rod was built by the Tabers Welding Company of Perry Oklahoma.

 

rail rod

The rail rod in its storage shed, behind the rod is the Association's push cart.

rail rod

Simplicity of the rail rod understates the elegance of its creation. An idea of some forgotten rail person reanimated to reflect on innovation of times past.