The conductor of Minneapolis & St. Louis’ Story City, Iowa, mixed train looks out from the old hack’s side door at McCallsburg, Iowa, in the 1940s. William F. Armstrong photo
Minneapolis & St. Louis side-door caboose
By Mitch Horner | March 19, 2026
It is worth noting that in the late 1930s, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway received nine used 95000 series cabooses from the Lehigh Valley Railroad. These were first steel underframe crummies on this Midwest road. After complete rebuilding at their Iowa Central Shops into full-width cupola style cars, the M&StL renumbered their new 32′ wood sheathed cars #1100-08. In 1940, these cabooses served as patterns to build twelve nearly identical cars, numbered 1109-20. The entire series was used extensively on the system and several were still in service when the Chicago & North Western took over in 1960.
An awesome and historical railroading photo.