A Rock Island local led by a C415 and a wooden transfer caboose works its way through the interlockings at 95th Street on the city's South Side. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

While most freight trains had cabooses in 1977, relatively few had waycars painted in United States Bicentennial livery. A Kennecott Copper Corp. train conductor is pictured dropping his caboose f... (more)

A railroad I wish could have seen in action, the C&I. Nothing was running when I stopped by on a chilly March afternoon so I settled for a couple shots of their cabooses outside the shop.

This box car has been sitting on this house track for a few years now. Time is starting to catch up with it.

Vermont Rail System and New England Central Railroad have teamed up to begin a rock runner train that delivers large rock from Colchester to Bethel, VT to aid in rebuilding VT Route 107 following ... (more)

My goal was to photograph the old B&O station in Grafton but the rear of a hopper train was in the way. When I looked at the slides, I'm glad it was there. CSX gave a little "extra tea" to the t... (more)

Chesapeake Western caboose No. 1 trails a local freight as it makes it way west at Weyers Cave, VA on April 21, 1980.

In late July a string of hoppers that had been sitting at a spur at the Port of Tucson disappeared. Two days later this string of flat cars with windmill blades appeared. Several blades were deliv... (more)

The long CITY OF NEW ORLEANS accelerates on its southbound run.

TP&W was a timetable/trainorder railroad through the 1970's. In the small town of Eureka, which a few years later would become known as the college hometown of a young Ronald Reagan, the Conducto... (more)

Looks like the wind is lightening the load...

These coaches bear the name Minneapolis, St Paul and Sault Ste Marie and are to be found at the railroad depot at Nevada City Montana. No idea what they are doing there apart from deteriorating as... (more)

A westbound works train propelled by 3343 ambles downgrade to Dale Junction, while an eastbound freight climbs up towards Sherman Hill, behind 3391, 2880, 3694, 3804 and N & W 1642, in September 1... (more)