Portland Pullman Rail Car – The Perfect Vacation Home

A vacation home on wheels? I may have found the perfect second home. Or heck, primary home if you swing (roll?) that way.

So basically, you buy this rail car and then tug it around the country depending where you want to vacation. Done and done–a home and a means of transit all in one.

And even better, if you have crazy friends who ALSO own rail cars, you can link them together and travel across the country caravan style. How amazing does that sound?

Ok, now let’s get down to business. What will this awesome acquisition cost you? The car was originally listed a couple years ago at $225,000 but now it’s down to $89,900–not bad! The cost of moving it is less than you’d think, too, at $1.50/mile.

Given that you avoid real estate taxes (a house on wheels isn’t considered real estate), the monthly “parking” cost is very reasonable at $150/month. The car itself is approximately 85 feet long and 9 1/2 feet wide with 10 foot doomed ceiling.

Sources: Laurie Holland, Tiny House Blog