C&O 903120, renumber 277 for yard use, and another caboose sit in the now defunct Weirton Yard. The cabooses were once used for slag hauls around the Weirton Mills but have sat unused in the othe... (more)

Why I liked KCS cabeese. This homemade beast is a marvel of improvisation. I have a shot of another that had spoked wheels and trucks from a WWII troop car! The trucks on this one are not norma... (more)

Couldn't let this one go unremarked. I've always wondered about the purpose of that little door in this 1957-58 built cab. Photo by Gary Zeitler. From my collection.

The British Columbia Electric Railway as built in 1910 as an interurban trolley service for passengers (until the 1950s), as well moving freight (such as farm produce). The BCER was taken over by ... (more)

A northbound MoPac caboose hop, containing 4 EMD units, has just crossed the IHB and B&OCT shortly after its departure from Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.

Central Vermont caboose 4052 at Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum's 21st Annual Night Photo Shoot.

“The Depot Caboose Turns Blue”

As the sun sets on August 16th, 2025, a fresh coat of blue paint dries on the caboose at The Depot Darien Youth Center as an eastbound Amtrak Northe... (more)

After making a crew change at Grand Junction, a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight, with an impressive set of power (two SD40T-2s, an SD45, a GP35, and two GP40s), heads west toward Utah. Bringi... (more)

Allentown & Auburn Railroad caboose 92885 was originally Reading Company 92885. These cabooses were built by the Reading’s Ironton Shops from March 1936 through March 1941. In 1976, with the c... (more)

A crew member on a westbound Union Pacific loaded coal train stands ready to inspect the upcoming eastbound Amtrak train it is meeting at Cajon, in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass. ... (more)

Like turning the clock back four decades, a Chessie System caboose brings up the rear of L222 on a foggy morning, as the local runs over B&O rails to Vauces to swap cars on the C&O main.

The Last RDC from Boston On the morning of January 6th, 2024, the MBTA ran a work train to move two pieces of vintage equipment from a siding at FX Interlocking near the BET to the new dis... (more)

Boston & Maine caboose C-130 was constructed by International Car in August 1959. It was renumbered B&M C-80 in 1975. This restored car also carries, in the upper right corner, roadnumber B&M 48... (more)

On display at the Hamlet Station is Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1114, one of only 35 of these locomotives built. The EMD SDP35 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-M... (more)

Trackside Tacos. Maine Central caboose 658, now repurposed as Trackside Tacos in North Canaan, CT.