A crewmember is riding the Pointe St-Charles Switchers shoving platform as the train enters the yard.

It was a fitting but unusually chilly night in North Carolina during the Polar Express runs this season. Thankfully, there was plenty of coal in the bucket for the stove. The Conductor and NCTM Tr... (more)

An ex-BN caboose leads the shove on the 2nd La Mirada as the train clears up at Orangethorpe before proceeding up the KC Lead.

Santa Fe All the Way

There’s no mistaking whose train is climbing the Tehachapi grade near Cable, California. No less than five cabooses punctuate a manifest consisting of mostly... (more)

New Hope & Ivyland's ex Boston & Maine caboose C-127 on the back of Santa's Steam Train leaving Lahaska.

Soo Line caboose 132 trails a southbound freight at the crest of Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1987. Tucked in ahead of the caboose is Soo Line GP30 720, which was retired in 1985 and may... (more)

A Norfolk & Western caboose has found its way to Conrail’s Allentown yard, most likely on a Delaware & Hudson train. Class C-9 caboose 557784 was built as Nickel Plate 784.

Spotless CP 434957 is on the tail end of the Dorion Turn as it switches at Dural. In the immediate foreground is the since removed CN/CP interchange track.

An unmistakable Maine Central caboose punctuates a train leaving Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine. The trainman is striking a pose that would probably be frowned on in today’s safety culture.

Not only the can opener, but also the original Conrail reporting marks are still being displayed on this tired caboose now assumed to be owned by CSX.

Ex Southern Pacific caboose painted up nicely for the Kiamichi Railroad. No clue on why.

"The Loose Caboose"

Ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13388 passes the Loose Caboose Pub mural towards the end of its 2.5 mile journey from the old Kroemer Siding to the NRHS Twin Forks Cha... (more)

"Towing a Caboose"

Ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13388 gets secured to the boom of a Rapid Recovery tow truck for its 2.5 mile journey from the old Kroemer Siding to the NRHS Twin Forks... (more)

"Flying Over the Main Line"

Several onlookers watch in amazement as ex-Missouri Pacific caboose 13456 soars over the Long Island Rail Road Main Line during transport from a ... (more)