A Mennonite family watches as Strasburg RR SW8 8618 and caboose head back to Strasburg after dropping a tank car at the NS interchange at Paradise

The crew at the Strasburg Rail Road get an early morning start shuffling cars around in preparation for the last steam powered revenue freight of the year - and it's gonna be a big one - requiring... (more)

A rare Union Pacific CA-11 caboose takes the weekend off in the former D&RGW Fourth South Yard in Salt Lake City. The 25889 was built new by International Car for the UP in July 1979. Note how the... (more)

Long before buffer cars were as common as they are today, a pair of Rio Grande GP9s move a tank car of nitric acid (bracketed by mill gondolas) for Trojan Explosives in Spanish Fork. D&RGW train #... (more)

With a long cut of sulphuric acid tank cars from Kennecott, Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp approaches the New Bingham Highway crossing at Welby, Utah. You would hardly recognize this location today wi... (more)

Westbound BNSF passes the Nevada Northern's small yard at Shafter, NV.

Nov. 26, 1978 delivered ideal weather conditions for riding in a nice warm caboose protected from the elements. After making a pickup at Provo Yard, D&RGW 01440 departs town for Roper Yard in Sout... (more)

High Plains and Lonely Trains: Central Montana Rail Extra 1814 East looks insignificant on the 1,698 foot long Sage Creek Trestle, just west of Danvers, Mont. Operating on the former Milwau... (more)

Permanently fixed to the light rail it sits on, this ONR caboose won't be going anywhere soon.

A former EJ&E transfer caboose now in service for the Chicago Short Line is seen bringing up the rear of a westbound coke train as two of Tom Golden's grandchildren look on. Tom Golden photo.

During the spring of 1983, the huge Thistle mudslide closed Rio Grande's mainline from April until July. While the new bypass was under construction, Provo area crews were kept busy shoring up the... (more)

Oh the indignity. A former Water Level Route hack brings up the markers on a welded rail work train moving through the mountains of central PA on the former PRR Middle Division, just two years af... (more)

Built in 1906, the interior of an old Duluth and Iron Range caboose shows a little wear. Furry woodland creatures with fury now call this place home along with some birds and other assorted anim... (more)

In July 2012, the Strasburg Railroad has been running early morning steam powered freight trains. To the best of my knowledge it is one of the only places in the United States where you can see a ... (more)

Smoke from the hard-working brake shoes surrounds a loaded Herzog ballast train as it descends the last of the Old Fort Loops into downtown Old Fort, as seen from the interior of a Southern Railwa... (more)