Soo Line caboose 132 trails a southbound freight at the crest of Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1987. Tucked in ahead of the caboose is Soo Line GP30 720, which was retired in 1985 and may... (more)

An unmistakable Maine Central caboose punctuates a train leaving Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine. The trainman is striking a pose that would probably be frowned on in today’s safety culture.

Back on December 8, 1982 Conrail had an industrial spur that served local industries in Herkimer, NY part of the old main line, now long gone. During a shove move, Caboose 18651 picked a switch an... (more)

Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR caboose 101 brings up the rear of a westbound empty hopper train at Ashland Ohio.

Wide Vision Pan

Tonnage is moving in both directions at Slope interlocking on Conrail’s ex-PRR main line in Altoona, Pennsylvania. While a westbound intermodal begins its climb t... (more)

A former St. Louis & San Francisco (Frisco) bay-window caboose is assigned to Burlington Northern’s local out of Kelly Lake, Minnesota, on October 19, 1985. Frisco was merged into BN on November... (more)

The ski resort at Steamboat Springs, Colorado looms in the distance as eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 702 passes between a Sperry car and the depot.

N&W 518122 was at one end of a string of about 6-8 wooden cabs shoved onto an unused track in the 'back' of the yard at Radford. Only had a few minutes so just grabbed a couple of shots. Came ba... (more)

The crew on NE-1 and the conductor on AP-2 greet each other as the caboose for AP-2 passes LV 639 on the head end of NE-1 at the Bufflehead Road crossing in Bridgewater, NJ on March 6, 1976. With... (more)

From his cupola seat in a wide-vision caboose, the conductor of a Chesapeake & Ohio hopper train gives a friendly wave to a few photographers. He is passing westward through Crozet, Virginia.

After running around the caboose, the helpers on a Utility Fuels (UFIX) coal train in Palmer Lake, Colorado make quick work of getting it on the train. The train is on the single-track bottleneck ... (more)

The Lehigh Valley repainted caboose 95085 into a Bicentennial scheme and renumbered it 1776. On January 9, 1976, the Winter sun glints off caboose 1776 as it brings up the rear of NE-1 at the loc... (more)

I Love the Smell of Metal Grinding in the Morning

Viewed from the Dutch door, the rear end brakeman on a Rio Grande rail grinding train watches dome-observation Silver Sky p... (more)

A Grande Gold caboose brings up the markers on an old-school Rio Grande camp train moving west through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

DWP caboose no. 53100 is a former New York Central bay window caboose acquired second hand as business increased in the 1980s. Shown here at their West Duluth yard.