Southern Railway bay window caboose X498 brings up the rear of an eastbound local freight as it crosses the Catawba River Bridge on it's way to Salisbury, NC.
A yard crew out of Andover Yard shoves "Big Red" empties along the ex-Southern's St. Charles branch. The empties are destined to Holton, located on a short spur off the branch near Exete... (more)
The conductor rides the cab steps as U53 approaches Roda with 20 yellow ball empties. The Roda coal storage silo is evident in the background; the Roda loader is adjacent to the silo.
A well weathered Norfolk Southern caboose rests in downtown Appalachia, VA. The caboose was built in November of 1969 by International Car Company for the Norfolk and Western Railway as N&W 51859... (more)
A Southern bay window caboose brings up the rear of an empty coal train as it passes through Morristown, TN in July 1984.
Southern bay window caboose X738 brings up the rear of a train at Jefferson City, TN || January 1984
Six years after the NS merger the clock was ticking to capture a scene like this.Built originally as Central of Georgia 211 now Southern 241 is holding the main at Tucker with eastbound 161 as... (more)
NS predecessor companies join hands nicely here. Southern RY. caboose on the rear of N&W ballast cars at Montview Yd. (Southern's yard. N&W's yard was Kinney)