A "Kodachrome" caboose brings up the end of a westbound under what appears to be the baleful gaze of a giant tan blob monster, in reality a sandstone rock weathered by countless generations of win... (more)

Pushing yet another EB freight. The 30s and 35s were almost boriing particularly in the 70s when a huge number of trains had consists of 5 or 6. How little we appreciate the commonplace until is... (more)

In a followup to the Photo Of The Week shot, limestone loads leave visual evidence of the extreme nature of the descent down the Monarch branch.

Handing up orders.

This is a study in spartan functionality and homebuilt uniqueness.

LV cabooses came in different colors, just like the locomotives!!

For over 100 years, the crew of a caboose would look over passing trains for defects. This task is becoming harder to photograph. But the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh still uses cabooses, making... (more)

Fresh from rebuilding, 1594 leads BN train 836 between Superior and Northtown (Minneapolis). Passing on the right is 836's counterpart, 835.

A SD40 / F7B / GP38 trio shove on the rear of a southbound loaded coal train at Spruce Pine, NC in 1970.

A very special C&NW caboose, looking more like a hobby or garden house for railfans

A mainline BN local freight, powered by an SD7, rolls her waycar slowly past the Mt. Pleasant passenger station so the operator/agent can exchange paperwork on the fly with the conductor. I suspe... (more)

We you get a chance to sit down & get out of the wind and snow and get warm around a caboose stove you develop a grudging affection for them. This one is the height of simplicity but I'd bet they... (more)

It's a little chilly in south Georgia on the second day of the year as the crew stands on the back porch and the train heads for Valdosta. The railroad was owned by Owens-Illinois Paper.

Brand-spanking new D&RGW Wide Vision caboose 01516 appears to be ready for delivery outisde the International Car caboose shops in Kenton, Ohio. This is the second of ten (01515-01524) built for ... (more)