Bringing up the rear of NS U48 in Appalachia, VA is an NS heritage caboose (note the N&W "hamburger" logo on the caboose side). The train is headed east toward Norton, VA with 105 empty... (more)

A Great Northern caboose rests on a lot near the BNSF yard in Fremont, Nebraska, on May 22, 2014. The car is former GN No. 126—later Burlington Northern No. 10086—now belonging to Empire Build... (more)

Iowa Interstate's Rock Island Switcher makes a few moves in the yard with the railroad's only caboose, former Santa Fe 999431. The caboose has not been used as much in recent past and is being pu... (more)

Former Aspen gold and silver Rio Grande caboose No. 01483 sits in a vacant lot at Fremont, Nebraska, on May 22, 2014.

After an overnight dusting of snow in northeastern Pennsylvania, a southbound Delaware & Hudson train sends the powder in all directions as it passes the abandoned Lackawanna tower in Alford.

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio caboose No. 2994 shows off its bright red paint scheme next to the historic depot at Corinth, Mississippi, on May 8, 2014. Crossroads Museum is now located in the station direc... (more)

Tallulah Falls Railroad X-5 in Cornelia, Georgia in 1957. TF X-5 was built in 1900 for the Central of Georgia Railroad and was sold to the Tallulah Falls in the 1930's. X-5 served the Tallulah Fal... (more)

"Sleep Like a Kitten"

"40 Years Later, Conrail Still Lives in the Bronx" The Consolidated Rail Corporation, known to all of us as Conrail, was the Primary Class I railroad in the northeast created by the gover... (more)

Here we see a shot of a unique piece of UP equipment - the 'Snow Bus' caboose. The UP uses UP25809, a former bay window caboose that has had its end porches enclosed to create greater room on the ... (more)

On Conrail’s siding at Streator, Illinois, two trains meet in April 1984. Streator was an important interchange location between Santa Fe and Conrail (New York Central/Penn Central earlier) with... (more)

Tucked Away

Meanwhile, at the back of the train...

After a long day on the main, Christopher Brang, a conductor for the Western Maryland Railway, takes a moment to finish up some paperwork before cal... (more)

The former Chessie System caboose in Bostic, NC (C&O 3213) is seen on another lonely night in eastern North Carolina.

The sharply dressed caboose in Bostic, NC shows off it's historic attire of the Seabord Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, Family Lines, and Clinchfield railroads. The caboose is placed in the mi... (more)