A Trainmaster and Switchman discuss the next moves as the Butte local works an industry off the ex-MILW Pacific Extension.

A BN caboose brings up the rear of a local as they work a spur on the former MILW Pacific Extension south of Butte.

A caboose brings up the rear of the 1500 Missoula Switch job as they pull into the clear at Milltown.

The 1500 Missoula Switch departs for Bonner with a solid MRL consist.

"Sitting This One Out"

Ex-Conrail "N21" Caboose #21244 sits alone in a vacant lot by Oak Point Yard while CSX Y102 brings a train across the Hell Gate Bridge to Fr... (more)

This train of “dirty” coal has backed up the branch to await cleaning at the prep plant. This unit has been rebuilt into AC44C6M 9245.

Lehigh Valley "Bobber" caboose - built around 1900 and retired from road service in 1937.

Per the Museum's plaque: "The early history of this car remains clouded in uncertainty. ... (more)

Approaching Enterprise, the ASV excursion train rolls through the grass along an old Rock Island mainline.

One of my all-time favorite paint schemes finally graces our town when I’m there. I’ve found that the trains all run at certain times if everything is going well but the particular train in t... (more)

Early Conrail locomotive repaints were less than consistent with respect to lettering style and placement. Cabooses did not escape the inconsistencies, either, as witnessed by this former PRR N5B ... (more)

St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad caboose No. 53

This caboose was part of the original collection from F. Nelson Blount in VT. The cupola is located elsewhere in the yard. The railr... (more)

Wide Vision Pan

Tonnage is moving in both directions at Slope interlocking on Conrail’s ex-PRR main line in Altoona, Pennsylvania. While a westbound intermodal begins its climb t... (more)

A restored, original Erie caboose, built in 1941, sits on display at the Black River & Western Railroad in Rigoes, NJ. I believe the caboose is in service on the tourist line.

The Reading had twenty extended vision cabooses built by International Car Company in 1970 and 1971. When the railroad was dissolved as part of Conrail’s formation, they were equally divided bet... (more)

Two Early 1950’s Cabooses

Two Conrail cabooses of similar vintage but quite different designs are on the rear of a train at the former Reading yard in Rutherford, Pennsylvania. O... (more)