Partially restored, former Southern bay window caboose X732 sits on the last remaining rails of the abandoned Southern RR route between Bristol and Elizabethton, TN
Caboose that is supposed to be restored this year into its original N&W paint scheme.
The rising sun highlights caboose 1905 leaving Gettysburg.
The last of the AC&Y caboose fleet hangs on in local service around Akron,Ohio. It would last into 1981.
Back when crewmen kept a watchful eye from the rear end -- two C&O employees monitor a westbound coal train's progress around the Plymouth wye.
One of the few cabooses still in use on CSX, CSXT 903968.
The ex-RI caboose that serves as Varner's Bed and Breakfast in Montpelier, Iowa appears to have received a fresh coat of paint.
The last thing a penny sees...
A typical Santa Fe "hack" brings up the rear of an intermodal train just east of the WP crossing at Stockton Tower.
A former N&W Caboose is bringing up the rear of LB53. The caboose is used for the backup move during the return trip between Livernois and Oakwood yards.
With headlights on and it's shrill, euro-sounding whistle trying in vain to be heard above the melodious bellow of the Alco's AirChimes a few hundred feet back, the van (caboose) leads the way as ... (more)
A crewman enjoys a ride on the back of the caboose.
On display in Laramie, Wyoming off I-80 at exit 313.
These are actually still used along the Pokey and various branch lines on a daily basis.