Red Caboose Motel & Restaurant

Casey Jones' Restaurant accepts group reservations for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! For information contact [email protected] and we'll promptly reply with menus and availability.

We're hiring! If you or someone you know is interested in a position at our company please click HERE.

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Casey Jones' Restaurant

Join us in the two original P-70 80-ton dining cars that once rode the rails of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early 1900's. Ample seating indoors & outdoors. Come early for a window seat and watch trains leave from the Strasburg Rail Road station.
Open Daily Year-Round

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“The Depot” Gift Shop

No trip to the Red Caboose Motel is complete without a stop at “The Depot” gift shop. Here you'll find a complete line of Red Caboose Motel, Casey Jones' Restaurant and Another Day in Paradise merchandise along with Lazy One, Perfect Petzzz, Thomas the Tank Engine, MTH & Lionel trains and more. 
Open Daily

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Great for Groups!

Casey Jones' Restaurant is a fan favorite with groups visiting Sight & Sound, American Music Theatre, Strasburg Rail Road and more. Unique dining rooms seat up to 64 guests and offer gorgeous views of the Amish countryside. Click below to learn how you can treat your group to Lancaster County's favorite fare.

Celebrating 53 traintastic years! 
1970-2023

The Prickett Family acquired the Red Caboose Motel in 2016 and has been working tirelessly to restore and preseve this iconic property. Under their stewardship, the property has received extensive updates including a new name and menu for the restaurant (Casey Jones'), new room aesthetics including a fully ADA accessible caboose, all-new gift shop and must-have merchandise and much more. If it's been a while, you owe it to yourself to stop in. You won't believe your eyes.

Call Now Or Book Your Caboose Online!

Book direct with the Red Caboose Motel and enjoy our GUARANTEED BEST RATE.


Book Online

(717) 687-5000
1 (888) 687-5005

Sleep in a caboose tonight and wake up on the right track tomorrow!

Please note that because this property is made up of historic railroad cabooses, most rooms are not handicap accessible. Please contact the Front Desk at 717-687-5000 x2 or [email protected] with special requests or questions about accessibility. It would be our pleasure to assist you.

In The News!

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Red Caboose Motel & Restaurant is a Nostaligic, Train-Themed Getaway for Couples in Pennsylvania's Amish Country

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