Places of Interest

This is the location of the 9th, 1939 rib side caboose, #01809 which has been restored to its original 1939 livery. It sits on 90' of 90lb rail which was relocated from Milwaukee's Marion Iowa yard ramp track. The track on which the caboose sits is located 10' south of the original Paralta to Jackson Jct. branch line which ran through Stone City until 1980. There is also an original Milwaukee Road fixed approach semaphore which is lit daily from dusk to dawn. This semaphore was originally located on the Marion Cut Off connecting Cedar Rapids to Marion.