An SP SD45 behind the UP "pool" caboose adds braking power to a westbound manifest.

A cool night at Mojave, California, on February 28, 1988, finds assorted Southern Pacific locomotives and a caboose resting until called to duty again in the morning. SP SD40-2r No. 7359 seems to ... (more)

An eastbound coal train’s caboose waits for departure on a rainy and foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in April 1984. To the right of the train is the Cheyenne Shops, still being used at this po... (more)

Rio Grande's Salina Local stops to pick up its train at Provo Yard.

A rare photo of a CWP transfer featuring at least five fallen flags: An Illinois Central caboose, Erie Western boxcar, Soo Line covered hopper, and a Chicago, West Pullman, & Southern SW8, all on ... (more)

In Missouri, (one of my favorite states for rail photography,) it has been my observation, the license plate on a truck may or may not be displayed depending on the age of the truck and the temp... (more)

Considering its remote location, one would have never thought Falls Cut Tunnel would have become a trouble spot. Such was not the case. In the early 1980s, the excellent swimming hole below the ... (more)

While most freight trains had cabooses in 1977, relatively few had waycars painted in United States Bicentennial livery. A Kennecott Copper Corp. train conductor is pictured dropping his caboose f... (more)

Guys? Guys? Come back, guys! Don't just leave me here! This old B&O caboose, class C-27 (thanks, Scooter), appears operational but perhaps faces its last days, sitting at the end of a remot... (more)

Rio Grande's 'Salina Local' slows to make a pickup in the D&RGW yard at Provo. The ultra short train began its mid day journey at Roper in South Salt Lake. After a sizable pickup at Provo, the loc... (more)

Well look what I found at UP's yard in Roseville, this SP bay window caboose without any UP patches! You got to love this gem, thanks UP for keeping this one around.

After getting off Dri-Line trackage and crossing Schmidt Rd., the rear-end of a Milwaukee westbound grabs orders at West Dav tower, a single story structure behind the action. Perhaps someone wi... (more)

Returning from Pig's Eye Yard

The year is 1970 and you need to add coal to a steam locomotive. How do you do it? Improvise. Former Union Pacific Baldwin 2-8-0 618 has been successfully hauled from Provo to the mouth of Provo C... (more)

N&W caboose No. 518575 was trailing a southbound empty hopper train at Riverton Junction in Front Royal, VA on October 13, 1987.