The West Virginia Northern was a coal hauling short line that relied on dynamic brake-equipped EMD switchers to get product from the mines to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, West Virginia. Altho... (more)

The yard switcher was originally built for the C&O in 1957, later sold to Precision National in Mt. Vernon, IL before going to the C&NW in 1980.

Sandersville's Deepstep job finishes up with their delivery to Norfolk Southern and heads back to the shop, passing the Georgia Railroad caboose that is long past it's prime.

Northampton & Bath caboose 103 is parked along the New Hope & Ivyland in Wycombe, Pennsylvania. When the N&B shut down in 1980, cabooses 102 and 103 ended up on the NH&I, where they may still be t... (more)

“The Patriot”
This bright paint scheme and Colorado & Wyoming Railway No. 102 have quite the history to tell. The C&W was formed in 1899 as a subsidiary of Colorado Fuel & Iron Corpo... (more)

Idle on the Armstrong Queenpost Turntable.

The Rio Grande Lives! The GSMR's Rio Grande Caboose rests near the Bryson City Depot on Saturday evening, awaiting its trip to the Nantahala Outdoor Center on Sunday. For the very reasonab... (more)

Caboose 1021 may have great paint, but it has other issues. This photo illustrates two things - the Erwin shop area always offered a surprise or two, and the Clinchfield had a weird collection of... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the Loram Rail Grinder is a caboose with fire fighting equipment to suppress fires that may arise from the sparks generated by the rail grinding operation.

One of the unique NKP 1300-series boxcar cabooses no.1346, with an NKP GP9 458 at Donnellson, Illinois on May 10, 1956. From my collection, Photo by Frank Tatnall.

TVRM`s Wabash "Tyco" caboose has been repainted into the classic red and white Wabash color scheme.

A particularly grimy RS11 works in the west end of Allentown yard during the last weeks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad’s existence. The grim weather adds to the somber mood hanging over the entir... (more)

The BNSF Z-AUGSBD passing by the Frisco depot and caboose at Mammoth Springs.

It's back! After a seven year absence, this Operation Lifesaver caboose has found its way back to Bainbridge. It appears the Waycross shops welded all the doors and windows shut sometime between... (more)

Green Bay & Western caboose 117 brings up the markers on eastbound train 2 at Hixon, Wisconsin.