Sam and Chris talk at the end of the work day, as Jake pulls out of the parking lot. While Jake drives a 30-year-old Ford Escort, Sam has a brand-new F-250! Chris' new Honda Civic Si coupe is at the end of the lot on the other side of the driveway.
On another day, we see Norman's 67' Ford Mustang and Earl's 68' Ford 500 Galaxy, along with James' F-250; note the saw table on the back!
With a dirt parking lot, tire tracks out onto the paved road are quite common!
As another DBW 11 local returns from Wilson Steel, yard crew members watch as several gondolas of coiled steel roll in. The high-cube boxcars in the background recently arrived from the paper mill, and will soon be headed out with their loads of newsprint rolls.
With alot of ongoing track work in the area, this work caboose, and its crew, are spending alot of time in Hillsdale Yard. AP12 was created in the 70's by cutting down the body of a surplus road caboose to create a transfer caboose for the Chicago area: lots of traffic was -and still is- transferred between the various railroads' yards, hence the need for transfer cabooses. Since these were short runs, the only amenities needed were a desk, chair, and stove (imagine riding in January in Chicago without one!). During the 90's, 12 was modified for work train service with extra grabs on the side to reach the newly installed a/c unit, an on-board diesel generator (the intake grill and fuel tank are visible beside the grab iron "ladder"), and several storage lockers. The GPS unit on the roof was added in 2000. And the desk now has a computer!
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