I have a choo-choo wagon. I love it and use it much more than the triple runabout since my BBG turned 1. They are able to see more and just be more involved as they ride along.



I ordered 4 wagons at a great expense (since these are not available in Hawaii and nobody would ship these to Hawaii) and was disappointed in the carrying capacity of the 4th wagon which was it's purpose so I modified the rearmost wagon (the caboose as I like to call it) and made it into a workhorse carrier.


I am not particularly mechanically inclined and have o special skills so trust me when I say that this can be done by the average person. This took me about an hour to do and was the best thing I've done to the train.

I used a cheap $19 dremel-like rotary tool with a $5 cutting wheel. First I cut the seat off. I wanted to see what it looked like underneath and I was thinking about just making the seat hinged/removable like the first train is.




After looking under the seat, I realized that there was a LOT of space that could be had by removing the whole floor and the bottom2/3 of the walls so that's what I started to do. Next up was to remove the floor.




Then I flattened out the drain holes that were in the floor.





Floor done.



I didn't like the lump from the pressurization vent (white round thing inserted in the plastic on the right side) because I wanted a flat surface for putting objects on it, and possibly for somebody sitting/laying there in an emergency (broken bones, or an extra kid)




So the lump had to go.




Almost done...




I rinsed it out and encountered a problem. It did not want to drain water in several places, and since I leave the wagon outside all the time, and it rains somewhat frequently here in Hawaii, I knew I had to do something about it.




Out came the drill. 10 holes in all the areas that had standing water. Passed the hose test with flying colors.




Next issue was a sharp screw sticking out from when the black trailer connector was installed. I measured it out, unscrewed it, and then sawed it off (can be dremeled off but I didn't have any bits left except the cutting wheel and it wasn't designed to cut through metal so I used a hacksaw with the screw in a vise).





The last thing to do was to cut the inside walls as high as I felt comfortable going without worrying that the sides would get weakened. I used a piece of string to mark how far down from the top to cut to ensure I would get an even cut all around with the rotary tool.




Finished!



People have commented on it saying it looks like it was built that way from the factory and did not look like some amateur 1-hour hack job. I was surprised at how easy the whole thing was to modify. The wagon is still very strong and sturdy. No flex or distortion when loaded up with 65 pounds of babies (yes they all three can fit in there but i didn't get a good picture of that).




-Paul