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While en route to visit Utica, I made visiting this particular McDonald's a must stop for one reason; a railroad caboose! Obviously this got me to visit and take a few pictures before this place falls victim to the corporate cookie-cutter eyebrow. I haven't returned since visiting this place, as it is a considerable distance away, but it would not surprise me to learn if this no longer exists as seen below.
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| Classic drive-thru |
Before we dive into looking at the caboose, here's a few interior pictures of the place.
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| While locked at the time, this is how one would access the caboose from inside. Thankfully, it is a just a glass window corridor, so you weren't missing anything. |
Now for the main attraction:
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| The glass corridor as seen from outside. |
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| It was cool to see that customers could eat inside the caboose, just not today as it was locked. |
I still think this is so cool! I have to wonder what the history of including the caboose here was, as well as whether or not any others existed.
ReplyDeleteClinton didn't seem like much of a railroad town to add to the mystery.
DeleteClinton was on the NYO&W Utica Branch, abandoned 1957.
ReplyDeleteThe caboose itself is a heavily modified Conrail car built around 1979; the windows changed, wood covers the steel sides and the cupola is fake.
Also, it's no longer there, it was sold in April and moved to St. Johnsville to become a cabin.
DeleteAh. So it was a railroad town. That's neat that it was still a version of a caboose from Conrail!
DeleteThat's too bad it's gone, but not surprising at all. McDonald's can't seem to have unique locations anymore.
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