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.

Better Days. While looking structurally sound, close inspection shows lots of needs to refurbish this late era D&RGW caboose. This was one of several cabooses in the yard, and I understand ... (more)

Chippewa Falls Yard Roundhouse and Turntable with Caboose of arriving train

IMHO the perfect southern shortline cabin car. I love that baggage door, so handy for company material etc. On this crisp autumn morning this car will add punctuation to one of two trains headin... (more)

Through the early morning mist a former N&W Caboose serves as a shoving platform between yards in Detroit. Here the conductor directs an Early Morning move from Oakwood to River Rouge Yard through... (more)