Brand-new Santa Fe Ce-11 way car 999779 sits in the railroad’s Hobart Engine Facility in Vernon, California, on August 17, 1981. Built in 8/81, this may be the caboose’s first trip to Califor... (more)

Southern cabs 447 and 339 bring up the rear end of southbound 111 as they cross over the former L&N junction which would soon be removed.

In bone-chilling fog, Santa Fe trains meet at Cable Crossover near the top of Tehachapi Pass. Both of these trains are moving relatively fast, adding to the penetrating wind that blows through the... (more)

A cut of empties are shoved from Hazard Yard, to The Bluegrass loadout which is within a mile from the yard itself. Due to the fact the branch dead ends at the loadout and limited room to run the... (more)

A cut of empties are shoved from Hazard Yard, to The Bluegrass loadout which is within a mile from the yard itself. Due to the fact the branch dead ends at the loadout and limited room to run the... (more)

MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)

Recently repainted Nickel Plate caboose 765 is on display at the Huntsville Depot Museum in Huntsville, Alabama. Before repainting, the caboose was in a Norfolk and Western scheme.

Alco switchers dominated the yard jobs at Boston's Beacon Park Yard in late New York Central and early Penn Central days. Ex-NYC S2 9649 worked the west end of the yard on a spring afternoon. Note... (more)

“Rode Hard and Put Away Wet”
Seen here at Conklin Yard on 09/14/1987, D&H 35797 (D&H class NE6) extended vision caboose was built by International Car Co. in 10/1971 as RDG 94116.more)

CNW caboose 10366 brings up the rear of a westbound train at the interlocking at St. Francis in May of 1985. The train came off the Old Line, the ex passenger mainline thru SE Wisconsin. St. Franc... (more)

A former New York Central bay window caboose rolls westward under the Indy Blvd nine span steel bridge, on the ex Michigan Central line, in 1979.

“Sans Dome”
Skirting past the rock face at Relay is B&O bay window caboose 903729, bringing up the rear of an Old Main Line coal drag destined for the Curtis Bay piers. Still in (now... (more)

Caboose hop. CPR had over nearly 1,200 "vans" of this classic design. The S-11 was a Montreal Locomotive Works update of the 660 H.P. S-3 and S-10 introduced in 1958. It retained the ... (more)

Tri-State Trifecta: Three of the Tri-State Railway Historical Society's Cabooses pause for a photo stop amidst some emerging fall foliage along the Rockaway River. Raritan River Railroad... (more)

Bringing up the rear of a Union Railroad ore train is caboose 101, a welcome sight in this era of Flashing Rear End Devises (FRED). The train is passing the railroad's Hall Shops in Monroeville, ... (more)