A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

The caboose end of an eastbound Santa Fe manifest hustles down the North Track at Martinez. This part of the pass is left-hand running.

On a fine spring morning in the Klamath Basin, OC&E's Bly Turn heads east.

The conductor and brakeman on the Corvallis Local ponder their future as the train arrives at Dallas. In less than three months, Willamette & Pacific took over operation of the Dallas Branch.

Hoop 'Em Up!: There are some things in railroading that have been lost to time. Hooping train orders to crews is one. With nothing to date this shot, this could have been the late 70's, a c... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad Police caboose No. 4709 rolls west on the rear of a SP freight at Vail (Cienega Creek), Arizona, on April 22, 1990. SP had several of these cars that were used by special... (more)

One of the few areas on the Siskiyou Line where trains could make 40 MPH were the long tangents between Grenada and Gazelle. The caboose of a westman zips through the Shasta Valley.

“Long Gone”
Long gone are the CPLs, cabin cars, front runners, and the friendly wave. With RF&P GP40-2 146 plus three on the head end, Chessie System/C&O extended vision caboose (90)... (more)

Thanks to Virginia’s long-standing caboose law, the northbound Orange Blossom Special still has a rear end crew in this October, 1987 view. The view is from Quantico, Virginia, looking ac... (more)

CNW caboose #11155 brings up the rear of a CNW freight crossing Buffalo Lake near Packwaukee, WI in January of 1988.

A rare brown Soo Line caboose trails a Lake States train south of Fond Du Lac in March of 1987.

Trailing Soo Line train No. 498 past the depot at Brookfield, Wisconsin, is the traditional caboose on January 25, 1990. Hopefully the caboose stove is working well on this cold and snowy winter d... (more)

MILW 992154 brings up the rear of a Portland bound train at Blakesley Jct., WA just after crossing the UP line to Grays Harbor. The train is skirting the edge of Centralia before getting on BN tra... (more)