But what draws most visitors are the rooms fashioned out of old Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Great Northern or Erie cabooses that encircle the tree-studded property, near Little Castle Creek and dwarfed by the jutting spires of Castle Crags. Railroad buffs cherish the chance to explore the cab of a rare 1927 Willamette Shay steam engine. ▪ Caboose: Dunsmuir’s history as a railroad town, which includes a museum at the Amtrak station and vintage boxcars placed around town as other cities would erect statues, is typified by the thoroughly retro-charming Railroad Park Resort, where you can sleep in a caboose and dine in a Pullman car. You won’t be giving up luxury: Accoutrements include two satellite TV sets, iPod docking station, fridge and microwave, central air and heating, two bathrooms and a walk-in shower. ▪ Yacht: You don’t need to pop your polo shirt collar and speak in a Thurston Howell lockjaw manner, but you do feel privileged when you stay on a 40-foot yacht anchored at Dock 5 of Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, across the harbor from the Queen Mary and next to the Aquarium of the Pacific, near scads of restaurants and a jaunt from the trendy vintage shops on Fourth Street’s “Retro Row.” Dockside Boat & Bed rents out six yachts for overnight guests (cost range: $175-$275) but, sorry, you cannot fire up the engine and sail off to Catalina.
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