The Coors Brewery operates a fifty-year-old SW1001 as it shuffles specially designed hoppers to and from the silo and the manufacturing plant in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Critter C998 (SW1001) moves cut of special hoppers to the Brewery in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) leads two specially equipped hoppers towards the silo for more grain.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) passes under a vertical clearance gauge as it takes a cut of hoppers to the brewery.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) muscles a cut of hoppers to the brewing facility in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Brewery critter #998 (SW1001) runs light towards the silo on the east end of the property, where it will pick up a cut of hoppers and return to the brewing facility.

Coors Critter #998 will be 45 years old this year and still works hard running special hopper cars between the silo and the massive brewery in Golden, Colorado.

Coors' SW1001 pulls a load of hoppers towards the silo where the grain cars will be filled with the special grain to make the Coors beer.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) leads a cut of hoppers to the silo on the east side of the Coors Brewing facility.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) shoves hard on a cut of hoppers that are being pushed from the grain silo to the brewing facility in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Critter 988 (SW1001) brings a string of grain hoppers to the silo for a new batch of ingredients for the Coors Brewery.

Coors Critter #988 (SW1001) moves a cut of grain hoppers to the brewery in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Brewery operates a number of vintage switchers in their massive yard in Golden, Colorado, including #998, a SW1001 built in the 1980's for the brewery.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) heads towards the brewery facility in Golden, Colorado.

Ale Rail. Coors Brewing Company SW1000 locomotive C997 is seen switching a cut of covered hoppers outside the company's plant in Golden, Colorado.