Bay Windows in North Carolina

outhern #X696 has found a home along the banks of the French Broad River in Marshall, North Carolina, northwest of Asheville. The caboose rests adjacent to the historic Marshall depot, both of which are parallel to Norfolk Southern's mainline between Asheville and Knoxville, Tennessee. The depot has been preserved as a music and arts venue for the area. The caboose is a rebuilt bay window with blanked out windows near the bay outcropping and a welded body replacing the older riveted sectional design. As of 2024, the car remains in good physical shape, but no longer wears most of its lettering, numbering, or technical marking. Southern's caboose red has faded with time and there are no yellow highlights on appliances or grab irons, but the side facing Main Street does bear lettering and a car number in a proper font. A large deck with stairs has been placed on the street side of the car, and electrical service has been added for lights and air conditioning. Currently the cabooses houses WART 95.5 FM, a local low-power radio station supported by the area arts council and staffed by volunteers.

outhern #X703 is displayed outdoors in Thomasville, North Carolina, southwest of Greensboro. The display track sits parallel to Norfolk Southern's busy mainline between Charlotte and Greensboro, and adjacent to the diminutive historic depot that now serves as the city's tourism and visitor center. Thomasville was once famous as a large furniture manufacturing base. Caboose X703 is an excellent example of a rebuilt long-body bay window, with blanked over windows near the bay outcroppings and all the other features of the rebuilding programs. As of 2024, the car is in excellent physical and cosmetic shape, wearing the correct shade of caboose red and a proper font for lettering and numbering. Yellow highlights are in place on grab irons and accessories, although the drop steps are incorrectly painted. Although the axle-mounted generator is missing, the car's aluminum window frames have not been painted over.

outhern #X752 is permanently retired to a small park on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. A deck and accessibility ramp have been constructed on one end of the car, and electrical service has been added for lights and air conditioning. As of 2023, the caboose's red paint has faded with time, but steps and grab irons still retain their yellow highlighting. Although the car retains its lettering and numbering (improperly located on one side), there are no other markings or technical data. A short-body bay window, rebuilding from a previous caboose is evidenced by the two blanked windows near the bay blister on both sides of the carbody. Nearby commemorative markers indicate that X752 has been preserved and landscaped by community volunteers. Located along the Yadkin River, the Wilkesboro area was previously served by the Southern Railway on its branchline from Rural Hall, North Carolina, west to North Wilksboro, just across the river. This line is now the Yadkin Valley Railroad. The defunct Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad continued west from North Wilkesboro as far as Grandin and Darby. It was scrapped in 1933.