A Montana Rail Link “Jimbo” work train works its way downgrade out of Weed, Montana, on June 30, 2021. Leading the way east is former MRL caboose, now shoving platform No. 1007.

Photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection taken sometime in the mid to late 1950's.

A fresh coat of Heritage III paint makes BN Caboose 2408 shine in the sun as it sits in a yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Last stop on the chase of the NMWA out of Bangor at Pittsfield Station, MEC 316, MEC 310, & MEC 7545 pull the train through town into the sunset ending another great June day while in Maine

It is rare to find a working caboose these days, and even more rare that it is clear of graffiti. This UPP 430 Bay Window Caboose is used as a shoving platform when the local delivers to customer... (more)

Retired but reflecting the look of a earlier era.

Lehigh Railway O1 works Sayre Yard

Alabama Southern's "Pulling For The Tide" GP35R shoves a cut of diesel fuel tanks out to Coker Yard, seen passing the freshly repainted GM&O depot in Northport, Ala. The 1927-built depot... (more)

"Pompton Debut"

A CP switch run handled by a pair of SW1200RSs rolls by CN 4406 which heads up the Sioux Lookout Mixed which is about to depart CN's former Port Arthur station in eastern Thunder Bay. The train wi... (more)

Back to back buttheads on a local freight. I love it! And one in this B&M inspired scheme. Maine weather, not so much.

Cute. No frills. I bet this thing was a rolling sauna in the Mississippi/Alabama summers. I've always wondered what the curved handrail on the side of cabooses is for. I've never seen it used f... (more)

Former UP Caboose in downtown Sachse

The SC&H snow train is ready to depart Corinth for a two hour trip. Alco #5 will lead the train south and Alco S-2 D&H 3021 will lead the return trip

Grand Trunk Western caboose trails a northbound GTW freight at McCook, Illinois, in August 1984. The train just crossed the Santa Fe main line, and in the background, a southbound Indiana Harbor B... (more)