Super Shock Control A pair of former Santa Fe 50' boxcars rush past displaying their cushioned draft gears as they bring up the rear of X406. The boxcar on the left is a Berwick Forge & F... (more)

Colorado Fuel & Iron Created from the merger of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company with the Colorado Fuel Company, in 1892, CF&I was the first integrated and largest steel mill west of the... (more)

The other set of yard engines and Santa Fe caboose 999788 smoke up the scene as they start to pull on a cut of cars that need some sorting.

Open Hearth While other rail producers used the Bessemer Process to create the steel in their rails, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company would become one of the first rail mills ... (more)

These two beauties are seen taking a break, like everyone else on Memorial Day.

Classic cars and a classic GP40-2 complete the scene at Spruce Pine.

A NS ballast cleaner with an assortment of unique looking equipment rests on the Opelika house track in preparation of tomorrow's cleaning.

A collection of rail basks in the November sun on the Great Walton.

Even on a Sunday the railroad never rests, today a Santa Fe geep waits for its crew to bring it to life as a MoW train sits patiently with its crew aboard for traffic to clear before it can shove ... (more)

A yard slug makes its way back to the Tilford hump in preparation of sorting some more cars on a chilly November afternoon.

Rock & Rail locomotives have just been added onto the end of this 120 car empty hopper train and will assist it to Parkdale Quarry.

With their consist now reversed, the Steel Mill local prepares to depart the Rio Grande yard with loads of scrap steel and ... (more)

Homemade Designed and built by the quality UP Employees at the railroad's DeSoto Shops in Missouri, the UP AutoFlex holds 15 patents and is the only auto rack that can be adjusted to the c... (more)

Variety A combination of three different rail manufacturers all work together to provide a running surface for CSX trains in Loachapoka. The rail in the foreground is actually the siding,... (more)

A former Cotton Belt GP40-2 will power today's Steel Mill Local as it prepares to blast off from the ex-Rio Grande yard in Pueblo while a Vestas wind tower train brought in the Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 1405
Train ID: Rocky Mountain Steel Mill Local
Photo Date: September 16, 2011