On Conrail’s siding at Streator, Illinois, two trains meet in April 1984. Streator was an important interchange location between Santa Fe and Conrail (New York Central/Penn Central earlier) with... (more)

Tucked Away

Meanwhile, at the back of the train...

After a long day on the main, Christopher Brang, a conductor for the Western Maryland Railway, takes a moment to finish up some paperwork before cal... (more)

The former Chessie System caboose in Bostic, NC (C&O 3213) is seen on another lonely night in eastern North Carolina.

The sharply dressed caboose in Bostic, NC shows off it's historic attire of the Seabord Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville, Family Lines, and Clinchfield railroads. The caboose is placed in the mi... (more)

Vermillion Valley's jade green shoving platform and GP10 Annie await their next assignment inside the Flex-N Gate facility outside of Covington, IN on a sunny late February day.

A conductor and brakeman walk the length of their ore train for inspection before moving it along yard limits for the benefit of a cadre of railfan photogs waiting up the line. The train was powe... (more)

NS 054 drifts through downtown St. Matthews, SC along the SC-Line with the world's second largest railcar in the mix. The load is a steam generator bound for Parr, SC.

This Baltimore and Ohio I 17a Caboose sits on display at Oakland Maryland's lovely Baltimore and Ohio Depot. Nicely restored, inside and out by A J Savopolos, during 2013/2014, with help, he ... (more)

Frisco caboose 1260 trails behind SLSF 866 on an eastbound for St Louis along the parallel Missouri Pacific near Eureka.

A fully restored former Norfolk and Western caboose, sits across the street from the Depot that is currently being refurbished in the town of Rural Retreat. Taken just several days after winter st... (more)

The snow covered cabooses bask in the sunshine during the morning after winter storm Jonas dropped over 30 inches of snow. Cabooses are Whippany Railway Museum's former D&H wood caboose 35886 an... (more)

A Conrail caboose brings up the hind end of a Conrail Shared Assets Metuchen local.

On the old Hartwell Railroad right of way just outside of downtown Hartwell, Georgia, we see an old Central of Georgia caboose along with an old HRT passenger car rotting away in the woods.