A pair of cabooses on the way to Smithville or San Antonio.

A Pair of Classics

It was unusual for foreign power to visit Conrail’s yard in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but it was almost unheard of to see a caboose from a distant railroad to v... (more)

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line rolls across the Shasta Valley, late on a spring afternoon.

A relatively short eastbound Southern Pacific perishable train descends Cajon Pass. This location is now known as Silverwood, and there is a connection between the westbound Santa Fe, seen to the ... (more)

Rebuild In Remsen. The Remsen Depot in Remsen, New York is a completely new structure, built on the site of the previous station. The Remsen Development Corporation organized donations and ... (more)

NP 1735 now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company in Portland. Located right off the Oregon Pacific track to Milwaukee and the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation, the caboose was appar... (more)

Milwaukee Road bay window caboose, built in the railroad’s shops at Milwaukee, now sits on display near the Chamber of Commerce at Three Forks, Montana, on June 17, 2014.

GN 24 ft. caboose no. X592 basks in the gray skies of western Washington on April Fools Day, 1979. I have not been able to find any more info on the caboose, perhaps someone might know what happen... (more)

DWP caboose no. 53100 is a former New York Central bay window caboose acquired second hand as business increased in the 1980s. Shown here at their West Duluth yard.

Conrail Quality Pirates: A Conrail Shared Assets crew is seen on Conrail Caboose #22137 with a pirate flag flying on the side as it proceeds to head west through Lincoln Interlocking on th... (more)

DWP was experiencing traffic growth in the ealry 1980s and needed more cabooses. One example was a former GN St. Cloud shops caboose, DWP 53102, acquired from BN, shown at West Duluth, MN.

In the early years of the BN merger, Wenatchee, WA was a healthy source of originating traffic requiring both branchline and mainline locals. It's GN history lived into the mid-70s with some GN pa... (more)

A Santa Fe caboose brings up the markers on an eastbound manifest at Cajon Junction, California. The colorful consist includes a company-service tank car.

Honorably retired. Clinchfield dolled up some their old cabs and sold them at auction. To me that shows something so lacking in the world today, a touch of class. What a crummy Christmas gift t... (more)