An unusual find at the Burnham yard in 1977.

The Portland Terminal Railroad was once an interurban railroad that had, since the mid-1950s, been owned 50/50 by the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads to handle the remaining freight b... (more)

“Just When Is My Birthday?”
NW 518639 (class C-31P) cupola caboose was photographed at Vardo Yard (Hagerstown, MD) on 06/27/1987. Despite a build date of “12-69” stenciled on the... (more)

The UP 4014 Big Boy sits next to the Prescott Depot and caboose on a very cold, 18 degree morning.

Beginning in 1966, the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway began a program to rebuild their fleet of aging American Car & Foundry cabooses … er … waycars (as they are called on the Santa Fe), s... (more)

Norfolk Southern "mine run" U47 is backing their train on the former Interstate Railroad toward the coal loading facility at Wentz, Virginia with a caboose as a shoving platform. The tra... (more)

ATSF 999399 brings up the rear of a westbound Santa Fe freight train as the train passes by Joliet Tower. The tower is across the tracks from Joliet Union Station which served Amtrak, Illinois Cen... (more)

Bringing up the markers on a Union Pacific freight is CA-8 class caboose 25513. (Verdemont, California - April 1980

Brand-new Santa Fe Ce-11 way car 999779 sits in the railroad’s Hobart Engine Facility in Vernon, California, on August 17, 1981. Built in 8/81, this may be the caboose’s first trip to Califor... (more)

Southern cabs 447 and 339 bring up the rear end of southbound 111 as they cross over the former L&N junction which would soon be removed.

In bone-chilling fog, Santa Fe trains meet at Cable Crossover near the top of Tehachapi Pass. Both of these trains are moving relatively fast, adding to the penetrating wind that blows through the... (more)

A cut of empties are shoved from Hazard Yard, to The Bluegrass loadout which is within a mile from the yard itself. Due to the fact the branch dead ends at the loadout and limited room to run the... (more)

A cut of empties are shoved from Hazard Yard, to The Bluegrass loadout which is within a mile from the yard itself. Due to the fact the branch dead ends at the loadout and limited room to run the... (more)

MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)

Recently repainted Nickel Plate caboose 765 is on display at the Huntsville Depot Museum in Huntsville, Alabama. Before repainting, the caboose was in a Norfolk and Western scheme.