Two Cabooses and a 1945 Pullman Car on the Pacific

In Ocean City, Washington — a geographical oddity described by Reddit as two weeks from everywhere, an hour and a half from an ER, and 35 minutes from Aberdeen — two restored cabooses flow into a 1945 Pullman car with curved ceilings, original luggage racks, glowing lights, and a wet bar that once served rail passengers. Three bedrooms, four baths, beach access to the Pacific, a laboratory on the floor plan, and a layout Reddit has been actively redesigning in the thread. Asking $649,000.

All Aboard for a One-of-a-Kind Coastal Problem

The Pullman car is the star — curved ceilings, original racks, updated heating and cooling, gas cooking, an air-fryer range, and a wet bar with the bones of its passenger service past. The two cabooses handle additional living space, spreading the kitchen, dining, and bedrooms across the cars in a layout that Reddit has identified as functionally awkward: to reach the primary bedroom you have to walk through both children's rooms, which works fine until the kids want privacy, at which point the options include a third train car, a dedicated hallway, climbing to the roof and dropping down between cars (the video game solution), or simply not raising children in a train. The floor plan also includes a room labeled "laboratory," which Reddit called dibs on immediately. The gated and fenced grounds include a detached garage, outbuilding, and an easement to the Pacific Ocean. One commenter is already imagining robbing the train from the roof with a high-speed fan for the full wind-in-hair experience.

Two Weeks From Everywhere, Plus Instant Death in a Tsunami

Ocean City, Washington's remoteness received its own dedicated thread. A former area resident filed a comprehensive report: an hour and a half to the nearest ER, grocery stores stocked primarily with Amazon products and nothing fresh, food delivery cold packs arriving no longer cold, gas running 25% higher than normal, and a two-hour Costco run as a monthly event. The tsunami mortality note was raised concisely. Aberdeen — 35 minutes away — drew its own commentary that we'll leave unquoted. The consensus was that this place works well as an Airbnb destination for a week, and considerably less well as a permanent residence for anyone who needs medical attention, food, or Aberdeen to be different than it is. The train itself, however, is genuinely cool. Multiple wives obsessed with trains were forwarded this listing by their obligated husbands. The laboratory remains unclaimed.

The Internet Has Thoughts

Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.

A 1945 Pullman car, two cabooses, Pacific beach access, a laboratory, and a location that is genuinely two weeks from everywhere — this one is for a specific kind of person. View the full listing here.