Great pictures, Sam. In that first shot, I think I know exactly where you were standing for that shot. My buddy used to live in the house just to the right of there, and he had a gate where we could go in/out of his backyard and then go walk along the train tracks.

Regarding that caboose, do you know if that's the same one that was used back in the mid 80's on the Permamente Local as well? If so, that thing has rolled by me many hundreds of times when I was on my bike as a kid.