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Trains, except those running as tourist excursions for history buffs, no longer use cabooses. But Sapulpa’s caboose is serving in a multi-functional way at the Jim Hubbard Plaza at TSU Park on Historic Route 66. The caboose recently received a new coat of paint and is really looking good right down to the white trim. The…

By Don Diehl Sapulpa Area Writer Paul Slavens has a thing about trains -- especially about old cabooses. Slavens, 43 and a 1990 graduate of Sapulpa High School grew up next to the railroad tracks. From his back yard as a toddler on he watched and heard the great trains go by. The big diesel…