Patrick Sanders of The Cote Corporation, a crane and rigging company, removes an old brake line off a train caboose Friday with a cutting torch in New Gloucester. Old lines underneath the rail car had to be removed in order for the caboose to sit flat on the trailer. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Employees of The Cote Corporation, a crane and rigging company, place a train caboose onto a flatbed trailer Friday in New Gloucester. The rail car built in 1918 is being moved from the home of Deb Emery to Dan Giguere’s Locomotive Treehouse Sugarhouse in Auburn. Giguere noticed a “for sale” sign on the caboose over the summer and made a deal with Emery. “It definitely needs a little love,” said Giguere, who plans to restore the caboose. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Gerry Castonguay, left, and Dave LaPointe of The Cote Corporation, a crane and rigging company, begin the process of removing a set of train wheels Friday in New Gloucester. Two sets of wheels from underneath a train caboose will be taken from a home in New Gloucester to Dan Giguere’s Locomotive Treehouse Sugarhouse in Auburn. Each set weighs about 10,000 pounds. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Employees of The Cote Corporation, a crane and rigging company, place a train caboose Friday onto a flatbed trailer in New Gloucester. The rail car built in 1918 is being moved from the home of Deb Emery to Dan Giguere’s Locomotive Treehouse Sugarhouse in Auburn. Giguere noticed a “for sale” sign on the caboose over the summer and made a deal with Emery. “It definitely needs a little love,” said Giguere, who plans to restore the caboose. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dave LaPointe, left, of The Cote Corporation, a crane and rigging company, explains the process of moving a train caboose Friday to Dan Giguere in New Gloucester. Giguere made a deal for the caboose with owner Deb Emery that involves a lot of maple syrup. Giguere had the rail car moved to his Locomotive Treehouse Sugarhouse in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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