CNW caboose 10958 is on the tail end of a northbound train about to depart Jefferson Jct. for Clyman Jct. Jefferson Jct. was the crossing of CNW's Milwaukee-Madison line and the Fond Du Lac-Janesv... (more)

Railroad history that would soon be lost. A Chessie caboose and a few loaded hopper cars populate the small yard at Thurmond, WV. Adding to the scene are the Engine House and various other steam e... (more)

The Toledo Hauler has arrived at its namesake, and the rear brakeman is preparing to line back the mainline switch. A few weeks later automated dragging equipment detectors were activated, and the... (more)

Burlington Northern operated a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois. The branch utilizes 0.8 miles of trackage rights on Chicago & North Western’s Troy... (more)

Burlington Northern operated a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois. The branch utilizes 0.8 miles of trackage rights on Chicago & North Western’s Troy... (more)

Caboose No. 12132 trails a Burlington Northern local through Compton, Illinois, on June 10, 1984. BN operated this former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy branch from Sterling to Earlville, Illinois, ... (more)

Wallowing in the weeds at Walton
Quiet in the tiny hamlet of Walton, Illinois, is disturbed by the infrequent passage of an eastbound Burlington Northern local on June 10, 1984. Trackage... (more)

An extra Mill Job delivers generators to the Klamath Cogeneration Plant.

A Union Pacific coal train waits for departure on a rainy and foggy night in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in April 1984. Waiting for a new crew, the train, with caboose No. 25650 carrying the markers, will ... (more)

An Illinois Central Gulf “caboose hop” speeds northbound at Pontiac, Illinois, on the former Alton/Gulf, Mobile & Ohio main line running from Chicago to St. Louis in May 1984.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville Turn departs Markle, Pennsylvania with a train of 50-ton twin hoppers. By this time, these cars were limited to intra-line service.

Rio Grande caboose No. 01425 trails the Potash Local westbound over Thompson Hill just east of Thompson, Utah in July 1984. The car has recently had its side windows skillfully plugged by the car ... (more)

ATSF 999243 brings up the rear of a string of intermodal trailers as they pass under the semaphores at Joliet. Tom Golden photo.

CP 434826, an older repainted steel caboose brings up the rear of an eastbound freight cruising along the bank of the Thompson River east of Spences Bridge, BC. The freight featured a group of wor... (more)

Under restoration in the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's shop is Wabash Railroad caboose #2543. According to the FWRHS website, the caboose was built in the early 1900s and served the Wa... (more)