Finishing up work at Lever Brothers, a BNSF brakeman keeps a watchful eye protecting the shove three miles west back to the LAJ Railway.

Montana Rail Link SD45 (rebuilt locomotive called a SD45-2) No. 328 heads back to Missoula light after setting out a “Jimbo” work train at Thompson Falls, Montana, on September 19, 2012. Uniqu... (more)

A Monon caboose Tries to stay warm on a cold April night. 8 Second exposure/ f5.6 / ISO 200.

The final curtain call would soon be near for this Southern yellow bay window caboose as it sat in the Danville yard waiting for its next assignment.

Normally on the "Dorion Turn", the CP caboose #434957, built by CPR Angus Shop, is assigned today on a work train on the CP Lacolle Subdivision. The conductor is turning the switch in mainline pos... (more)

Under changing skies due to the approaching storm system, trackwork has begun on the Lacolle Subdivision as Canadian Pacific caboose # 434957 built in 1977 by the Angus Shop in Montreal, brings up... (more)

Helpers on Byron Hill
Yes, Wisconsin had a helper district. In Soo Line days, trains southbound (and sometimes northbound too) had to contend with Byron Hill, and frequently used helper... (more)

Up until a couple of years ago, you could find the 192, and two of her twin sisters lugging 100 car trains of coal to and from the Hoot Lake Power Plant in Fergus Falls. Starting out with the NS,... (more)

A caboose. A rotary snow plow. Two steam engines. An outfit car. A coal tipple. A water tower. Blue skies. Fresh snow. What more does one need? Photo taken at the Nevada Northern's Winter... (more)

A caboose hop rolls west past the former New York Central freight house. Currently the structure is a very nice bed & breakfast with a railroad theme that most railfans would appreciate.

A nice tribute to the B&O brings up the rear end of a southbound work train.

The interior of former DM&IR C-97 (built in 1910) caboose looks pretty good for it's age, all things considered. When this caboose was being moved from Eveleth, MN to Chisholm, MN it had it's cup... (more)

A Rio Grande wide vision caboose awaits its next journey east out of Helper Yard on a coal train to Sunnyside. The D&RGW 01503 survives today in local service on the UP out of Salt Lake City, alth... (more)

CN M372 departs Belleville Yard with CN 2153, BCOL 4624 for muscle. Note the ICG caboose in trail, one might think it belongs at the tail end!

A used and abused GEXR caboose sits on the end of the engine tracks at Kitchener Station. I believe it is still used as a shoving platform when servicing the spur in Kitchener.