A Northern Pacific freight train with a wood caboose head into the 11th subdivison Lake Washington Belt Line, circa 1941. A crewman grabs train orders as the train rolls through Black River, Washington. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: freight train, wood caboose

Railroad workers confer at the end of a Northern Pacific freight train with a wood caboose at Black River, Washington, circa 1941. Note the man perched on top of the refrigerator car. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: freight train, wood caboose

A Northern Pacific steam locomotive leads a two car freight train through Black River, Washington, circa 1941. It’s a minimal train--locomotive, gondola and caboose. Photo by J.A. Turner. Other Subject Classes: steam locomotive, freight train

A Northern Pacific wood caboose built into a restaurant at Vancouver, Washington, on January 20, 2001. Photo by GJ Werkema. Other subject classes: freight car, wood caboose

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway caboose 999263, circa 1995. Photo by J.M. Fredrickson. Other Subject Classes: caboose

British Columbia Hydro (BCH) caboose A-3 at Vancouver, British Columbia, 1975. Other Subject Classes: Caboose

Caboose BCOL 1854 at North Vancouver, British Columbia, March 1, 1990. Other Subject Classes: Caboose

Caboose BCOL 1870 at North Vancouver, British Columbia, 1972. Other Subject Classes: Caboose

Caboose BCOL 1875 at North Vancouver, British Columbia, 1972. Other Subject Classes: Caboose

Burlington Northern Caboose 10050 at Spokane, Washington on November 26, 1986. Photo by George Bergson.