Alco switchers dominated the yard jobs at Boston's Beacon Park Yard in late New York Central and early Penn Central days. Ex-NYC S2 9649 worked the west end of the yard on a spring afternoon. Note... (more)

“Rode Hard and Put Away Wet”
Seen here at Conklin Yard on 09/14/1987, D&H 35797 (D&H class NE6) extended vision caboose was built by International Car Co. in 10/1971 as RDG 94116.more)

CNW caboose 10366 brings up the rear of a westbound train at the interlocking at St. Francis in May of 1985. The train came off the Old Line, the ex passenger mainline thru SE Wisconsin. St. Franc... (more)

A former New York Central bay window caboose rolls westward under the Indy Blvd nine span steel bridge, on the ex Michigan Central line, in 1979.

“Sans Dome”
Skirting past the rock face at Relay is B&O bay window caboose 903729, bringing up the rear of an Old Main Line coal drag destined for the Curtis Bay piers. Still in (now... (more)

Caboose hop. CPR had over nearly 1,200 "vans" of this classic design. The S-11 was a Montreal Locomotive Works update of the 660 H.P. S-3 and S-10 introduced in 1958. It retained the ... (more)

Tri-State Trifecta: Three of the Tri-State Railway Historical Society's Cabooses pause for a photo stop amidst some emerging fall foliage along the Rockaway River. Raritan River Railroad... (more)

Bringing up the rear of a Union Railroad ore train is caboose 101, a welcome sight in this era of Flashing Rear End Devises (FRED). The train is passing the railroad's Hall Shops in Monroeville, ... (more)

“Pine Tree Detour”
Operating on B&O’s Philadelphia Sub, a Maine Central extended vision caboose brings up the rear of D&H POPY at North Point, the crew change point at the east end... (more)

CSX Rochester to Batavia local B791 approaches the MP 380 signals on its way home from Batavia NY, with a caboose on the end.

The Shay brings the caboose train back from a trip to Jefferson Street.

A westbound Empire Service train makes its station stop at Utica, which is the southern terminus of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad.

Testing the Waters: As the Tri-State Railway Historical Society Members' excursion makes a photo stop along the Rockaway River, a woman creates interesting ripples in the water by dumping ... (more)

Tacoma Rail's Mobile (formerly) Training Facility, was moved by a flatbed truck recently. The former UP caboose is used for training purposes, including a simulator. The new location out in fro... (more)

On a gray winter day - back when most everything in Georgia south of Atlanta was SCL or Southern - a southbound freight departed Albany. The big roads are mostly gone from this territory today, h... (more)