WINFIELD TWP — The popular restaurant with the red caboose has closed permanently.

Cooper Station on Route 356 in Sarver was closed this week by owner Lora Cooper Rothen.

Rothen said on Wednesday that the restaurant hasn't turned a profit since she and her son re-opened it in 2014.

“I've had it listed for the last year hoping somebody would be interested in picking it up and continuing to run it,” Rothen said. “We just can't continue to invest in it.”

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