A surprise from the Department of Defense brings up the rear of this BNSF mixed freight as it enters the Northtown Yard.

A caboose brings up the rear of a work train on Norfolk Southern's Lenore Branch.

The classic herald

On static display at Mactier.

Poor little vagabond..racked by vandals a few years ago, never completely repaired, it still shows some of it's B&O heritage. The side between the windows was completely torn off! Nikon D70s, Niko... (more)

This still active former BN caboose, showing its age, has been currently assigned to Longmont, Colorado for possible MOW duty.

Locally, cabooses are used to cover long back-up moves on the main line. It's nice to see one get the respect, and fresh paint, this duty deserves!

A conductor riding the caboose inspects the left side of the train, as his patrol returns to the yard.

Here's a truly rare catch: a caboose with CNW reporting marks and the Chicago Great Western paint scheme acting as a shove platform for a couple ballast hoppers.

Restored SOO steel caboose # 1 is being used as a shoving platform on todays Two Harbors Train.

That's one lucky kid in the cupola

Built July 1949 for the C&O " Chesapeake District " this series of steel cabooses were built to handle the increase of traffic after WWII. There were 100 of these built (90200-90299) with an addit... (more)

The original Norfolk Southern logo is fading into rust on a caboose.

The end of this Buffalo freight had a beautiful caboose. We used to call these anthracite cabooses because of the large number of this type running on the independent railroads of the anthracite r... (more)