“Take This Job…”A shoving platform, CSXT 900077, which is a former N&W class C-31 caboose (NW 518500), is used to protect the extensive reverse move made by CSX’s “Letterkenny... (more)
Protecting the shove - the conductor rides the shoving platform as the Milwaukee local backs its train out of Muskego Yard to switch business on the south side of Milwaukee. The maroon painted ca... (more)
“Open Vestibule”SOU 992253, a box car modified with an “open vestibule”, leads as the Norfolk Southern shoulder ballast cleaning equipment is shoved east on the Lurgan District,... (more)
It took about an hour for the KCS Holiday Train to back the last 10.3 miles into Godfrey, IL. The F9 locomotives ran around the train at Sherman siding, with shoving platform #204 leading into Go... (more)
Vintage CSXT shoving platforms and EMDs wait for their next assignments in the old C&O Fostoria Yard.
Tucked away deep in a yard track, and probably forgotten about. This old caboose will seldom have the chance to show off its faded, yet important message.
What do you do with an old bay window caboose? Rename it a 'Shoving Platform' and give it to the local for use.
Rear end of the Ballast cleaner, tied up in the pocket track at DV
