The last train left Rhyolite, Nevada in 1914. Ninety-seven years later, the remains of a wood caboose sit across from the former train station in this ghost town. The city only lasted about fiftee... (more)

An early spring snow storm dropped a few inches of wet snow on Cass over the weekend.

Chesapeake Western caboose No. 1 trails a local freight as it makes it way west at Weyers Cave, VA on April 21, 1980.

Taking orders

Still in the colors of its original owner, Burlington Northern wide-vision caboose 10117 brings up the rear of a BN freight departing Auburn, Washington, on September 17, 1979. Constructed a mere... (more)

Union Pacific bay-window caboose 24515, photographed in Modesto, California, was originally Rock Island 17097. These cars were built by ICC in 1967, 1968, 1970, and 1971 for Union Pacific and lea... (more)

A "Kodachrome" caboose brings up the end of a westbound under what appears to be the baleful gaze of a giant tan blob monster, in reality a sandstone rock weathered by countless generations of win... (more)

A short train for the U.S. Silica plant near Berkeley Springs heads down the branch, caboose first.

Christmas comes to the Pokey. Santa steps out of his special Christmas caboose to welcome everyone aboard.

Setting of the train orders by the train order operator. The Caboose serves as office.

Often difficult to catch on film, the elusive Third La Mirada job backs onto the San Diego subdivision after dropping several cars off in the Irvine Industrial Complex. Some good Samaritan is try... (more)

Limestone loads twist down the Monarch branch fighting gravity and leaving the visual evidence to hang in the air.

In a followup to the Photo Of The Week shot, limestone loads leave visual evidence of the extreme nature of the descent down the Monarch branch.

With the arrival of standard time the sun is starting to set over Hunter's Bay behind me, casting a warm glow on the southbound Northlander as it pulls into Huntsville Station.

There is a lot going on in this shot, needs to enlarged to truly appreciate. On the left, the former DMIR caboose stands guard as the ship (aptly stenciled BIG LIFT) and its crew ready for the big... (more)