Cabooses were eliminated in the 1980s, but many can still be found being used as shoving platforms for conductors as seen here. A former Conrail bay window brings up the rear of local B791, as it ... (more)

The short 30' McCloud Caboose still sits in front of some chip cars.

During its short-lived revival under the ownership of shortline entrepreneur Samuel Pinsly, Vermont's St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County adopted this logo and slogan that reflected both its primary b... (more)

The 4:00 p.m. Whippany Railway Museum excursion train is returning back to Whippany, as it approaches Merry Lane in East Hanover. The conductor is riding the rear of the train, on board Whippany R... (more)

Interior of beautifully restored Peoria and Eastern Caboose performs as Caboose/mascot/shoving platform/customer relations car on Indiana Boxcar’s Vermillion Valley Railroad. Despite some memor... (more)

Beautifully restored Peoria and Eastern Caboose performs as Caboose/mascot/shoving platform/customer relations car on Indiana Boxcar’s Vermillion Valley Railroad.

It's always a thrill to see a caboose on the rear of a train. This BN caboose is still in really nice shape as it heads across the diamond at Saginaw on the rear of a northbound local.

Norfolk Southern mine run U44 is backing across Front Street in downtown Coeburn, Virginia. The empty train originated in Norton, Virginia and is making a reverse move off of the Clinch Valley ma... (more)

Like many Rio Grande cabooses in this era, this one is showing evidence of years of service on coal trains and passing through many tunnels. Here it continues its streak on an eastbound coal train... (more)

Norfolk Southern mine run U44 heads east out of the yard at Norton, Virginia with two cabooses on the end of the train. The empty coal train will make a reverse movement onto the Big Toms Creek B... (more)

Originally built for the SAL and then rebuilt in 1970 for the Seaboard Coast Line as SCL 01095, this caboose would end up outside CSX’s Tilford yard as focal piece for a small park next to the f... (more)

Santa Fe Caboose 999140 stands in Raton (NM) in front of the Raton Visitor Information Center.

As you follow the highway to Dawson Creek, NAR's former Westend terminus, you see few reminders other than this of the great railroading heritage of the area.

A lonely survivor to days gone by in Northern Alberta... Sitting next to mile 0 of the MacKenzie Highway

A nice CNW caboose brings up the rear of the 6am local at Norma.