Lehigh Valley "Bobber" caboose - built around 1900 and retired from road service in 1937.

Per the Museum's plaque: "The early history of this car remains clouded in uncertainty. ... (more)

Approaching Enterprise, the ASV excursion train rolls through the grass along an old Rock Island mainline.

One of my all-time favorite paint schemes finally graces our town when I’m there. I’ve found that the trains all run at certain times if everything is going well but the particular train in t... (more)

Early Conrail locomotive repaints were less than consistent with respect to lettering style and placement. Cabooses did not escape the inconsistencies, either, as witnessed by this former PRR N5B ... (more)

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad caboose No. 53

This caboose was part of the original collection from F. Nelson Blount in VT. The cupola is located elsewhere in the yard. The railr... (more)

Wide Vision Pan

Tonnage is moving in both directions at Slope interlocking on Conrail’s ex-PRR main line in Altoona, Pennsylvania. While a westbound intermodal begins its climb t... (more)

A restored, original Erie caboose, built in 1941, sits on display at the Black River & Western Railroad in Rigoes, NJ. I believe the caboose is in service on the tourist line.

The Reading had twenty extended vision cabooses built by International Car Company in 1970 and 1971. When the railroad was dissolved as part of Conrail’s formation, they were equally divided bet... (more)

Two Early 1950’s Cabooses

Two Conrail cabooses of similar vintage but quite different designs are on the rear of a train at the former Reading yard in Rutherford, Pennsylvania. O... (more)

Recently restored Lehigh Valley port-hole caboose at Honesdale, PA, on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Stourbridge Line. This caboose resided in Riverside Park in Tunkhannock, Pa. for over 20 years. ... (more)

Former US Army 0-6-0 4047 - later Duluth & Northeastern 29 - pulls a cut of cars around the big loop at Prairie Village, Madison, South Dakota. The occasion was "Railroad Day," one of ... (more)

The classic Red Caboose is still in service on the NS out of Battle Creek's Hinman Yard. Mostly used on B57 as a Shoving Platform for the Conductor, the caboose see's service along the line betwee... (more)

Cabooses are a rare enough sight in 2021, so seeing two of them on a train is extremely rare! Two of our daughters are out to see former N&W wide vision No. 555656 and former Conrail bay window No... (more)

Big Rock was one of those places that existed virtually entirely for the railroad. I do not think there was any town to speak of, just lots of diesels and cabooses for mine runs.

The Oregon Rail Heritage Unit excursion train rolls past former Northern Pacific caboose 1735, which now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company Tilikum Station. Locomotive 100 was bu... (more)