Table of Content
We own a building in the NAD where your house/ train came from. I’m glad you were able to save this part of history in such a unique way. “We were never particularly interested in trains and were not looking for a depot for a home,” the owners recall. Back in 1993, they had chosen 10 properties to see around New Braunfels with a realtor, who tossed the depot into the mix despite it being over their desired budget and property size. Dan and Anabel are performers who wanted a tiny home, but they also wanted to create something that was genuinely unique and showed their own sense of style.
Hoogwoud, Netherlands, is the home of this converted train car which is part of the Controversy B&B, a bed-and-breakfast catering to tourists who want accommodations that are a little out of the ordinary. Quirky features in this bright and cheerful railroad car include a recycled tire as a sink and a boat upcycled into a bed. The Centennial Inn in Livingston, Montana, treats visitors to a taste of the 1800s Old West with its refurbished Northern Pacific train cars. This 900-square-foot example was a parlor car where travelers could socialize.
We Want to Move into These Buildings Made Out of Old Train Cars
The depot now sits on almost four acres including one of the railroad company’s original tunnels which was blasted through the mountain and was completed in 1871, taking three years to construct. The depot was abandoned in 1957 and was purchased by the owners 15 years ago as and empty shell and began their detailed restoration. Some of the original materials were found strewn on the land and brought into the project. Although the prior owners had converted the depot to a home, the surrounding land was wild and undeveloped when the current owners purchased the property. The “Little House”—an old hunting shack that the prior owners had moved to the property—was the only other building on the site at the time.
If a scrapyard near you ends up with an old rail car, you might be able to buy it for close to nothing. Contact a few places and let them know that you’re in the market for a train caboose or boxcar. They might be nice enough to give you a call when they come across one. For a more rustic way of living, a tiny caboose turned tiny house might be more up your alley. You might not be able to host a dinner party, but something this small would be far easier to power. If you’re looking for a tiny house on wheels, this size might be more suitable for traveling.
Step Back in Time
The Train Wreck houseboat, Sausalito, California, converted from a former railcar used by the San Francisco and Northern Pacific Railway between 1889 and 1907, when it became a Northwestern Pacific Railroad car. Exceptional Ontario & Western train depot turned elegant private home in Bloomingburg, New York is now on the market priced at $895,000. The listing agent is Beryl Oles of Global Property Systems, White Plains, New York.
If you look hard enough, you’ll even find the old ticket window inside. Students at the Missouri University of Science and Technology refurbished three disused shipping containers to build a house that proves... Train car for cabin...would love to have 2 or 3 of these connected...couple of 'em stacked... Others, like this converted caboose house on Mercer Island via ApartmentTherapy, have been strategically cut, rejoined and expanded to accommodate more modern living requirements. As you can imagine, the possibilities are virtually endless.
A masterpiece bathroom
The 6-bed, 7-bath property is on the market for $2,985,001. “I was so taken with the property that I said to the owners, if I were selling this I’d make the buyers sign adoption papers, not real estate papers! The two-bedroom depot was charming but tight, and with one teenager at home and two in college, it become clear early on the family would need to add at least one guest room.
This is by far the most amazing tiny home I have ever seen! I love the use of materials that are a complete 180 from a traditional home. Wow I think its really cool that these people are living inside a piece of history. The first car they acquired was a metal Santa Fe Railroad caboose, which they found for sale in Omaha. They wanted it to sit on authentic tracks, so they called an official track-laying company, which installed 40 feet of track in the yard. Much survives from the depot’s early days, including the wraparound porch , and the original freight floor, which is now a wall in the kitchen.
The possibilities are endless, and you’ll spend far less than you would on most other living spaces. This home for sale in Colorado Springs, CO needs a depot agent! Thoughtful updates and renovations preserve the Old West charm that seeps through every element of this 11-acre property in the middle of the Rockies. The 822-square-foot cabin was built in 1925 and has been completely renovated, with a train depot–style garage featuring bricks from the Colorado Springs Old Santa Fe Railroad Depot. Obviously, no depot is complete without a caboose, but this particular car is one of two known 1880s cabooses in existence, converted to comfortably house guests with four bunk beds, bathroom stall, kitchenette, and sitting room.
This is one of the best shipping container home designs I have seen.... What I thought was formica counter in a still picture was actually a enameled sink with sliding section. Here are some great examples from all over the world that you can learn and copy from.
The kitchen is functional with wood cabinets to match the rest of the design. With a functioning sink, hotplate, toaster oven, fridge, cooking implements, and a dish drying area to allow guests to make their own meals. There are plenty of areas within the small heated and insulated train car to curl up in and read a book, cook, sit down for a meal, sleep the night away, or even take a luxurious bath no matter what time of the year it may be. Weighing in at around 15 tons or so, but typically measuring only about 10 by 30 feet, old cabooses are massive marvels no longer made by the rail industry. But if you want a ready-made, weather-resistant and flood-water-lofted house, there are much less adorable places to start your search. Originally owned by the Ontario & Western Railroad, the depot was a popular stop for visitors from New York City to visit the resorts that existed in the Sullivan County area a century earlier.
No comments:
Post a Comment