ICG, Illinois Central Gulf 199335 caboose, southbound at Effingham, Illinois. September 5, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

CR, Conrail caboose 23548, bring up the rear on westbound trailer train, on the Conrail Pittsburgh mainline at Manor, Pennsylvania. January 28, 1986. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

MILW, Milwaukee Road caboose 992118 brings up the rear of a northbound Milwaukee Road TOFC, as Southern Railway, SOU GP30 2624 flying white extra flags waits its turn to cross the Ohio River to Lo... (more)

MGA, Monongahela Railway caboose 68, bringing up the rear on street trackage at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. June 15, 1990. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Here's another forgotten slide of half a dozen Southern cabooses. The railroad was already Norfolk Southern but there's no evidence of the merger here. The number X420 goes along with Sweetwater 4... (more)

On display near the old Western Maryland Railway depot in Westernport MD is WM caboose 1826. Wearing its original paint scheme, most likely a repaint, this car was built by the railroad in August... (more)

Comet Funeral The Northside Extra shoves into the Everett Coke Works with two CTC-1B cab cars heading to Schnitzer Steel for scrap.

The Action Road. Denver & Rio Grande Western caboose 01516 is seen at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, CO.

Clean Caboose On Home Rails | Rolling across a bridge at Lancaster, AR, the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad's passenger train heads north towards Springdale with newly-restored Frisco caboose ... (more)

Caboose Cruising | Trees whiz past the back of the caboose on the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad passenger train as it makes its way north just a couple of miles south of Mountainburg, AR on ... (more)

The Caboose Backs In | Freshly-restored Frisco caboose number 1291 eases into position at the Van Buren, AR depot on a cloudy Saturday, April 27, 2024. The pair of Alco C420s powering the t... (more)

Caboose in 2024 LBR 551980, an ex-BN caboose brings up the rear on an 054 high-wide train carrying telephone poles and an empty Schnabel car. This train was restricted to 25MPH the whole w... (more)

Conrail on the Corridor. Conrail Shared Assets Operations caboose 22137 brings up the rear of train ME-2 as is passes through Edison Station heading to serve industries on the Northeast... (more)

Hooping Up Orders

As an eastbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight, led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9269, departs Hiland, at the summit of Cajon Pass, the conductor grabs his ... (more)

Well battered caboose sits on a single track section outside East Deerfield RR Yard.