Mass Coastal 2008 (ex-CN GP9RM) and NYC 21052 (N7B caboose) in the yard at Rochester on a muggy summer night.

Cabooses were eliminated in the 1980s, but many can still be found being used as shoving platforms for conductors as seen here. A former Conrail bay window brings up the rear of local B791, as it ... (more)

Pocono Northeast power sits idle in Coxton Yard as Conrail train ALCG passes by.

The short 30' McCloud Caboose still sits in front of some chip cars.

Despite its name, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago is a special-purpose state-operated district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois, since 1889. The MWRD's main pu... (more)

BNSF 1826 (SD40-2) works a small yard in north Denver, shuffling cars along side a well-tagged BN caboose.

Pennsylvania caboose 477859 sits in the park next to the Gallitzin Tunnels. The derailment at Horseshoe Curve has been cleared, and plenty of trains were going through the tunnels. The park on t... (more)

Sitting in BNSF Railway's B yard in San Bernardino on December 17, 2017, is a former Santa Fe Ce-11 class wide-vision caboose. These "way cars" (as Santa Fe called them) was built by In... (more)

Still showing much of its Rio Grande heritage (primarily on the ends and the upper portions of the cupola), D&RGW wide-vision caboose 01503 is still used on Union Pacific locals out of UP's Fourth... (more)

During its short-lived revival under the ownership of shortline entrepreneur Samuel Pinsly, Vermont's St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County adopted this logo and slogan that reflected both its primary b... (more)

The 4:00 p.m. Whippany Railway Museum excursion train is returning back to Whippany, as it approaches Merry Lane in East Hanover. The conductor is riding the rear of the train, on board Whippany R... (more)

Ghost of railroads past. A caboose in fairly fresh paint for the Chessie System scheme is spotted at MP 0 on the CSX S&C Subdivision in Rockwood, PA.

The Clinchfield 676 (UP 3985) has stopped for servicing alongside a C&O C-20 steel caboose in Shelby Yard, KY

It's always a thrill to see a caboose on the rear of a train. This BN caboose is still in really nice shape as it heads across the diamond at Saginaw on the rear of a northbound local.

Norfolk Southern mine run U44 is backing across Front Street in downtown Coeburn, Virginia. The empty train originated in Norton, Virginia and is making a reverse move off of the Clinch Valley ma... (more)