This image shows a Union Pacific caboose parked near the tracks in Kingman, Arizona, where the railroad and Route 66 continue to run side by side. Once the last car on every freight train, the caboose served as the crew’s lookout, office, and living quarters. Today, most have been retired or displayed as relics, reminders of an era when travel moved at a human pace.
Photographed using the wet plate collodion process, this piece captures the age and surface detail of the caboose in fine silver tones. Every rivet, dent, and patch of rust comes through in sharp relief — the texture of a machine built to endure.
Part of the NomadType Route 66 series, Caboose documents the working side of the American railroad and its connection to the Mother Road — a view of the structures that helped shape the travel history of the Southwest.
This image shows a Union Pacific caboose parked near the tracks in Kingman, Arizona, where the railroad and Route 66 continue to run side by side. Once the last car on every freight train, the caboose served as the crew’s lookout, office, and living quarters. Today, most have been retired or displayed as relics, reminders of an era when travel moved at a human pace.
Photographed using the wet plate collodion process, this piece captures the age and surface detail of the caboose in fine silver tones. Every rivet, dent, and patch of rust comes through in sharp relief — the texture of a machine built to endure.
Part of the NomadType Route 66 series, Caboose documents the working side of the American railroad and its connection to the Mother Road — a view of the structures that helped shape the travel history of the Southwest.
