A blast from the past brings up the rear of an Alaska RR work train at Brookman along the shores of Turnagain Arm. In the background are the Kenai Mountains.

A string of Union Pacific cabooses fill the caboose track at the railroad’s Council Bluffs yard in July 1981, just after a summer rainfall.

A Santa Fe local departs Fort Madison, Iowa, on May 31, 1986. Bracketing EMD GP20 No. 3023 and caboose are three boxcars on the short westbound train. The engine facility is directly above the tra... (more)

Scenes like this were all too common in the late 1980s and 1990s as railroads replaced their caboose fleets with end-of-train devices. Most of this gathering would be sold with a few being donated... (more)

A former Santa Fe caboose, IHB 75 brings up the rear of an eastbound locomotive move consisting of more than 15 new Boston & Maine GP40-2s. Built nearby at EMD's LaGrange (Illinois) plant, the ne... (more)

Burlington Northern’s Helena local rumbles along the Missouri River at Hardy, Montana, on August 25, 1993. Caboose No. 12604 follows up the 26-car train as it heads west towards Helena Junction,... (more)

A modified Chessie caboose trailing a cut of ladle cars - two sights you probably won't see around Weirton today.

A clean Rio Grande caboose trails Colorado Fuel & Iron ribbon rail west of Provo on May 21, 1990.

The low profile of ore cars allows for a great view from the cupola of this extended vision BN caboose as an all-rail ore train enters Wisconsin from Minnesota. The rear of the train contains vete... (more)

The Great Circus train slowly heads east through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, over the former Milwaukee Road main line on July 6, 1993. Hundreds of spectators lined the tracks to view the 27-car train of ... (more)

Bringing up the rear on a Southern Pacific eastbound freight at West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on January 20th, 1984, are a pair of bay-window cabooses: SP C-40-4 (rebuilt) caboose ... (more)

At 5:02 p.m. on May 31, 1986, Santa Fe’s 321 train rumbles through New Boston, Iowa, with bright caboose No. 999268 trailing the eastbound freight.

An eastbound Santa Fe piggyback train cruises through Bellemont, Arizona, on July 8, 1986 with six cabooses on the rear.

A Rio Grande home built caboose trails an eastbound manifest through Soldier Summit on July 14, 1979. An open autorack loaded with new 1979 Chevy Monte Carlos take a tour of the scenic D&RGW.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight enters Cheyenne, Wyoming, passing a billboard promoting how UP was in “The fast lane in the energy game” in April 1984. Trailing the train was caboose No. 25... (more)