436994 was built in the late 1920s by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The caboose was used as the railway employee’s ‘home away from home’. While working on their train, this is where the crew slept, cooked, worked and lived. It has room for 3 beds, a stove, desk for paperwork, a small sink, but not much else. Employee’s would live in these for days at a time. The cupola, the raised section on the roof, was there so the conductor of the train could see over the tops of the freight cars. From there the conductor could make sure there were no problems with his train.