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This ultra-modern home is actually a retired subway train car. Sleek stainless-steel interior accents pick up the exterior color, while birch paneling and flooring add to the airy feel of the home. Lots of windows and recessed lights make this train car bright and cheerful. This San Francisco home, made from two converted cable cars, is the sole survivor of the unusual Carville-by-the-Sea neighborhood of yesteryear. Thisunusual community, which enjoyed its heyday at the end of the 1800s, consisted of more than 100 homes made from upcycled cable cars and horse-drawn cars.
There are a number of ways you can transform a train car into your new home. Here are some fine examples to help you find inspiration for your tiny house. The ceiling opens up to show the glass-enclosed rooftop addition.
Fun little bathroom that keeps the railcar theme.
If you’re traveling with a larger group, this 110-foot-long 1930s rail car located in New York’s Finger Lakes region is ideal. With three bedrooms and two full bathrooms, seven guests can enjoy the train car cottage plus the large yard that has a 20-foot dock leading right into Skaneateles Lake. High costs of living have inspired some truly unique living situations over the years. There’s the old school bus turned RV, the tiny homes made of storage containers, and now introducing refurbished train wagons.
Another cozy spot in Cornwall, the “Redwood” train car features a king-size bed, wood-burning stove and kitchenette. A few steps away is where you’ll find the separate bathroom which has a toilet and a shower. For an extra $16, you can rent out an hour to yourself at the onsite hot tub. Relocated from New Hampshire to Canada's Prince Edward Island in 2013, this darling blue caboose has been welcoming overnight guests since 2014. With a separate master bedroom featuring a queen-size bed, the caboose can also sleep up to two more people on the pull-out sofa in the common space where you'll find the kitchen with a vintage stove. Wake up in the Canadian Rockies in this 1912 train caboose located in the heart of the historic small town of Golden.
Off The Rails: 8 Homes For Sale With Converted Train Cars
This expansive, 10-acre property sits smack-dab in the middle of Lopez Island, overlooking the Olympic Mountains. The cedar shake one-bedroom cottage comes with a guest caboose, renovated to include sleeping quarters for six, a bathroom, and a small kitchen. There’s also a 2,880-square-foot barn, a metal and wood shop, a garden with greenhouse, and an orchard. Larger than the caboose and smaller than the sterling rail is the boxcar rail.
The kitchen
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.
If you’ve ever seen a vintage rail car, you have to admit that they’re quite captivating. They offer a quaint quality that few structures can provide for your home. They transport you back in time and can become quite the cozy living space. Outside, you can enjoy the patio with a gas grill and “hobo fire pit” for roasting marshmallows at night. This is the story of a World War 2 railway train car turned tiny house!
Cost of Restoring a Train Cabin
While small, there’s enough room for three guests to sleep between a queen-sized bed, a fold-out couch and a built-in couch that is perfect for kids. Some old cabooses are meticulously maintained and little modified, at least from the outside, looking as rail-worthy as they were the day they rolled off the production line and down the tracks . These ones offer a lot of potential as converted train car houses for people who aren’t prepared to do a lot of hard work getting the structure ready for habitation. Don’t think that living in a converted train car means sacrificing comfort. This 807-square-foot railcar home comes complete with a full electric kitchenand an incinerator toilet.
They remodeled it and added the “Shack” sign—a score from the Round Top Antiques Fair. These off the grid appliances will make it easier to live sustainably and comfortably at the same time. This custom-built, Pueblo-style palace is a sight to behold, from the adobe main home with a “cool room” set at 68 degrees year-round to wraparound porches showcasing vistas of the surrounding mountains. A restored 1928 Santa Fe caboose is one of the many novelties sprinkled across the property’s 15 acres, serving as a distinctive guesthouse.
They also have a bright-orange Seaboard Coast Line train available to rent, too. This World War II troop kitchen train car has been given the full Fixer Upper treatment at its new home in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. With a queen-size bed plus a sleeper sofa, four guests can spend the night here and enjoy the full kitchen outfitted with Smeg appliances, plus a full bath with a claw-foot tub.
Living, dining, and sleeping areas are bright and modern. This spectacular stone manse was built in 1799 and renovated by the du Pont family in the 1960s. Perhaps best of all, however, is the authentic, historic train caboose with wood-burning fireplace that doubles as a warming hut. Located in the northeastern corner of Oregon state, this little green caboose-turned tiny house has been lovingly renovated by a mother-daughter team who live in the 1906 train depot in front of the Airbnb.
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.
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