A couple MP and UP caboose sit in Seattle under the night sky.

Endangered. New York Central Railroad (NYC) S-1 no. 6000 (ALCO/GE, 1904) and T-3a no. 278 (ALCO/GE, 1926) are seen at the Port of Albany, on land where they have been stored for the pas... (more)

Between Here And There. On the late afternoon of April 14, 2022, as Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome 313 (WEBX 801044), former Northern Pacific Railway Bu... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Feb 3 1980 — The engine shed at Harter Yard hosts Rock Island SW8 812 with two cabooses on the side. My photo.

Santa Fe M-160 Mail-Express Motor Car built in 1930, had a 400hp gasoline-electric power plant, it was replaced with a diesel-electric engine in 1949. The M-160 was assigned to pull Nos. 25-26... (more)

Oddball Old Boxcar Northampton and Bath 559 an old 40 feet car/ taken In Chicago in the winter of 1976. This is the only one of these I have ever seen.

Caboose. Another railroad bonus was seeing the former Niagara Hobby ex-NW 518438 (painted as Erie Railroad N-3366) caboose, which was recently relocated to Hudson near a barn-style building... (more)

With an intrepid brakeman in a tradition stance and coal fire in the stove there’s a feeling of assurance that the trip will be successful. These little “house cars” were a refuge from cold... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local begins the trip up the branch to Harrison at Sappington, Montana, on October 4, 2022. On the rear of the train is former Northern Pacific observation car No. 391 th... (more)

Private car Cyrus K Holliday, built in 1921, backs first into Denver's Union Station on the rear of the California Zephyr.

Conrail caboose rests on one of Hunts Points Market spurs right outside CSX Oak Point Yard.

Shoving Platform 79834 has certainly seen better days but still provides security to the conductor of the CN local switching grain hoppers at the flour mills adjacent to CN's Pointe-Saint-Charles ... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Columbia Industrial Park 80-ton Whitcomb 101 (built in July 1944) awaits switching duties as Burlington Northern cabooses roll east in the background. It started life a... (more)

PUEBLO CO June 16 1973 — Rio Grande SD9 5313 leads a caboose hop as it travels south. My photo.

In case you ever asked "what happened to the world's first two composite reefer cars?" the answer is they are now essentially a fixture in Stanwood, Washington. These are actually prett... (more)