“Are You Doing Your Part (?)”
CS/WM caboose (90)1803, in the green safety paint scheme, along with CS/WM (90)1863 (partly visible) in standard Chessie System attire, gets a Sunday off, a... (more)

Burlington Northern (CB&Q) ran through freights with the ICG (GM&O) from St. Louis to Kansas City connecting in Mexico, MO.

77 years ago in August of 1941, the DRGW 01416 rolled out of the Rio Grande’s Burnham shops in Denver and has spent its life riding behind trains of the famous Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad... (more)

Napierville Junction caboose #40 brings up the rear of a short D&H local at Saratoga Springs, NY.

CNW caboose 10936 brings up the rear of a freight at Clyman Junction, WI in January of 1975. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

Norfolk Southern U47 is backing out of the west end of the former Interstate Railroad yard at Andover, VA. The empty coal train will back from here to Wentz, VA where it will be loaded.

A Canadian National van punctuates an eastbound train at Brockville, Ontario.

A CSX caboose of L&N heritage sits at the end of a stub track at the yard in Dunkirk, NY on a June evening.

Ten years ago, the Mississippi River and its northern tributaries got more rain than they could handle in mid-June, causing epic flooding conditions all along the Mississippi River Valley. In Ft. ... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest passes the semaphores at Levy, New Mexico on Santa Fe’s Raton Pass line. In the distance, a westbound is waiting on the siding.

In an everyday scene that now seems so alien, a Santa Fe caboose punctuates an eastbound pig train climbing Cajon Pass.

Golf Anyone? Even though it is in the 30s and very cold for Las Vegas, the conductor on UP 25436 has is golf clubs and bag ready as soon as the eastbound train stops. The trailing passenger car h... (more)

Norfolk Southern mine run U47 backs across Callahan Creek as it makes a reverse move out of the yard at Andover, VA toward the loader at Wentz, VA. The caboose is being used as a shoving platform... (more)

Norfolk Southern caboose 555630 is parked on a siding next to the mainline in downtown Appalachia, VA.

Interlake Steel Corp. had a pair of former N&W transfer cabooses that were used on bottle train service between plants in Chicago and Riverdale. One of them is seen on the rear of a westbound bot... (more)