A Rio Grande conductor keeps a watchful eye on his surroundings as a westbound train descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit. Nov. 1974

With a TR5 'cow and calf' for power, UP's Geneva Turn departs Provo on a snowy Nov. 27, 1975 morning.

A string of Union Pacific cabooses fill the caboose track at the railroad’s Council Bluffs yard in July 1981, just after a summer rainfall.

Utah Railway RSD-5 No. 305 makes a switch move at Provo Yard on a fine Nov. 1974 afternoon.

Bob Pace of Thistle, Utah purchased D&RGW caboose 01120 from the Rio Grande in 1960. It was built at D&RGW's Burnham Shops in Denver in 1924. The caboose became a local landmark along Hwy. 6 until... (more)

A Conrail caboose hop heads west along the Indiana Harbor Belt with a trio of Geeps and a Penn Central caboose. Tom Golden photo.

Caboose on display next to the former NYC, now Lycoming Valley line in Jersey Shore PA.

Rio Grande's Provo Yard hosted two trains per day in the 1970s. The Provo Switcher, with SD7 5303, will haul traffic between Provo and Geneva Steel while the Tintic Local, with GP9 5923, will work... (more)

Ann Arbor RS-2 301 sits in the yard in Owosso on the caboose track with a trio of Ann Arbor streamline cabooses. The caboose track was removed a number of years ago, but the yard is the main yard ... (more)

From a railroad with a fleet of very unique cabooses, the Ann Arbor had a very odd steam-era cab that lacked a cupola, but still managed to make it well into the 70's on the railroad. AA 2700 was ... (more)

Around and about the vernal (or is it diurnal?) equinox the sun gets on the north side of the track on the old Bristol line and we get the opportunity for some different shots. Here, in the dying... (more)

Classic little shortline servicing facility in the late 20th Century.

A CA-11 caboose guides UP's YRO52R switcher down the Salt Lake Garfield & Western interchange track on Jan. 20, 2014. The Red Iguana 2 Restaurant faces the UP tracks with its ever-present '74 Cadi... (more)

GCK 154 waiting on restoration, along with WMRY 303 and 25 hibernate on this cold day at the Dawson siding with some rolling stock.

A pair of NS EMDs lead a westbound work train as it works through the reverse curves near Ingleside, WV.