Conductor Mike Young (on ground) shows a brakeman trainee the finer points to uncoupling and securing a cab in the ex-Interstate Railroad's Norton Yard.

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Moving GE and Moving America. It's nice to see a caboose on any train for any purpose--the CSX H&W train moves a GE turbine past the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Little Mountain, SC. The... (more)

There's no place like home! Penn Central N9E transfer caboose (a.k.a. cabin car). Wellsboro Junction, PA (former New York Central branch).

Work train service only. The section gang mugs for the photographer after a rough day of working on the Chicago Line in the August heat.

Work train service only. The section gang mugs for the photographer after a rough day of working on the Chicago Line in the August heat.

The final Bly Turn backs into OC&E's yard at Klamath Falls. Many local residents came out to watch the last logger enter town.

The cab on U53 crosses the bridge over Callahan Creek at the west end of Andover on its return to Andover Yard. U53 had spent the morning loading commercial cars at Wentz. After weighing, U53 will... (more)

Conductor Mike Young keeps a lookout from the back porch of the cab as NS U47 rolls through Kent Junction on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Pardee Branch. U47 is destined to the Roaring Fork loader,... (more)

A crew member gives a wave from the cupola as a westbound freight kicks up snow after crossing the main grade crossing in Deroche, BC. Snow is not uncommon in the Fraser Valley, but normally does ... (more)

A Conrail N7B caboose brings up the end of an eastbound train passing Banks tower. Enola yard and eight hours of rest are only about five miles away.

Remember the caboose? There are 2 of them trailing a military train as it heads east thru St. Francis Junction in March of 1987.

HUNNEWELL KS Feb 18 1985 -- Santa Fe B23-7 6358 makes its way through the southern Kansas plains after spotting cars at a grain elevator. The train is westbound (compass south) and is ont its way ... (more)

It's not often I chase the end of a train but this particular afternoon was an exception. The tail end of CSX welded rail train W020 crosses the Etowah River with 'The Spirit of the B&O' caboose b... (more)