The daily KCKDEN waits on the Avondale siding as a loaded coal train meets it and a loaded rail train sits on the 1876 built Santa Fe mainline to the left.
the Action road Built for the Rio Grande in 1963 by American Car and Foundry, this fifty foot double door boxcar was intended to haul copper bullion from plants in Utah and even equipped w... (more)
A surprise sight is seen at Avondale today as the SLRG 115 is tied down in one of the yard tracks of the former Santa Fe mainline with an AAR test car. The train would later end up in Pueblo yard... (more)
The daily KCKDEN, or Kick-Den if you hear it on the radio, waits at Avondale for MoW to finish its daily work before continuing on to Pueblo yard.
Old Trails This empty coal train sits on original Missouri Pacific mainline at Avondale while the ex-BN Triclops sits on the original Santa Fe main. Both MoPac and Santa Fe had parallel r... (more)
A triclops powers this empty welded rail train that will spend most of the week picking up rail from an ongoing rail replacement project along the Pueblo Subdivision.
westbound empty coal train Avondale, CO
A very hot westbound manifest with a colorful consist passes a loaded coal drag in the siding at Avondale. See EXIF data for shot details.