Former Chicago Great Western caboose 10534 at Chicago, Illinois september 1985.

An early recipient of the over-all red treatment is MoPac (T&P) No. 13238 at Kansas City, Mo., in June 1969. No photographer information on slide.

4 cabooses (or is it cabeese?) bring up the rear of a southbound Soo Line train in Kenosha county. I'm not sure if they were being re-assigned or being put into storage.

The Rock Island Switcher was in charge of dumping ties on the Milan Branch and the crew used the caboose to help with the required reverse moves. The conductor is seen here protecting the shove a... (more)

It has always been a dream of mine to have my very own CP Rail caboose. In the summer of 2014, I received a rare opportunity to obtain one from the Kettle Valley Steam Railway in Summerland, BC. A... (more)

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)