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BRADFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (WENY) \u2014 A historic Soo Line train caboose that sat on a Granville Summit family\u2019s property for more than three decades has reached the end of the line. Built in 1906, the caboose was purchased by Joey and Ella Foust in 1989 and was moved on Monday (Feb. 2) to the Heritage Village and Farm Museum<\/a> in Troy, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet for our family. It\u2019s a sad day for us to see this go, but we\u2019re overjoyed that, where it\u2019s going, what\u2019s going to be the love and hard work put into it to bring it back to its original state\u2026 We couldn\u2019t be happier,\u201d said Libby Foust, a family member who donated the caboose.<\/p>\n She added, \u201cWe moved this railroad station in 1968, so my mom was a real railroad buff, (and) it meant a lot to get this caboose. So, mom and refurbished the inside, and it\u2019s been a real great addition to our farm all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n Now the caboose will sit at the Heritage Village and Farm Museum at Alparon Park in Troy. Officials said that ties to the railroad date back to 1854-1972 in Bradford County.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the Civil War railroad to the Elmira Prison Camp. So, as far back as the Civil War, this was very important,\u201d said Debbie Lutz, a board member of the Bradford County Heritage Museum.<\/p>\n She added, \u201cThe flood of \u201872 took out seven bridges between Canton and Trout Run, and the train never ran again. There\u2019s a lot of history to the trains in all of Bradford County. Here, they used to bring folks to the Troy Fair. The Troy Fair is on its 150th event, so this is a nice addition to a piece of history.\u201d<\/p>\n