An odd duck on the 1970s Southern, cupola cab X256 is in Southern colors, but lettered for S&A. It is sitting - midtrain for some reason - on the 1st Avenue bridge with the long-gone Southern Col... (more)

A 1949 vintage bay window cab - in rare G&F lettering - spends a gray afternoon at Southern's yard near the IM terminal in North Charleston. The yellow band signifies local service, but I don't k... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific freight enters Cheyenne, Wyoming, passing a billboard promoting how UP was in ā€œThe fast lane in the energy gameā€ in April 1984. Trailing the train was caboose No. 25... (more)

C&NW caboose No. 11222 trails an eastbound ore drag into Empire Junction, MI on June 7, 1983.

Restored Western Pacific Caboose #467 rests at the restored Niles Depot in Niles, CA.

A gaggle of cabeese - inbound on the Evansville line - passes Amqui tower. The Louisville line - still referred to as the main, but long eclipsed in traffic by the Evansville line - is just out o... (more)

We couldn't imagine something this quaint, still in use.

One of two cabeese owned by the colorful operation. Hardly seems possible that it was 33 years ago.

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 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.

Old Gateway Western caboose sitting on the old intermodal ramp at KCS Knoche Yard.

Milwaukee 992185 is now on display at the museum in Deer Lodge, MT along with a MILW Little Joe and E9A. One can go inside the caboose during open hours.

A former Wabash caboose is stationary on the westward siding, as a more modern hack with a standard vision cupola heads east.

A Milwaukee rib side caboose rolls on the the IHB crossing the Santa Fe mainline at McCook. The caboose is pretty weather beaten and also shows signs of impact from things being thrown at it. Now ... (more)