Best AAR reporting mark ever. Ex-SSW 7249

Sand business on the FWWR Railroad shut down due to downturn economy and everyone lost their jobs at Vista Sand.

In an interesting move, today's Rock & Rail train is only powered by one locomotive instead of the usual two and is seen abou... (more)

With a switch lined into the interchange portion of Union Pacificā€™s yard, the Rock and Rail begins the simple task of dropping off cars full of cement for forwarding out of Pueblo.

Todayā€™s Rock and Rail traverses the s-curves on its way into the former Rio Grande yard in Pueblo while stored covered hoppers sit parked to the left and the Rockies stand tall in the back.

The always early Rock and Rail continues the run into Pueblo with 20 cars bound for interchange with the BNSF at the UP yard a little over a mile away.

The conductor of the early morning Rock & Rail train walks ahead of his locomotives to line all the appropriate switches as he prepares to drop off loads of cement hoppers into the Union Pacific y... (more)

I wanna Rock & Rail all night and party everyday!

Two Rock & Rail locomotives are at Canon City, Colorado, on June 3, 2011. The two engines have finished taken cars to Parkdale and are now eastbound going through the siding past a Canon City & Ro... (more)

After 2 hours of waiting for UP yard switching to commence, the morning Rock & Rail train finally makes its way towards the ex-Rio Grande yard and will soon drop off loads of cement and pick up wh... (more)

The daily Rock & Rail train patiently waits outside of the Union Pacific Pueb... (more)

On time as usual, the Rock & Rail makes an early morning delivery into the old Rio Grande yard with loads to drop off for interchange with the BNSF. They will soon depart with empty covered hoppe... (more)

With traffic at a stop, the Rock and Rail pushes through downtown Canon City with 120 empty hoppers in hand and the Rocky Mountains looming in the background.

Rock & Rail's second 201 is a GP40-2 - ex-Southern Pacific? It was enroute on BNSF to Pueblo, CO. Freshly painted at National Railway Corporation. Rock & Rail operates on UP's Tennessee Pass line... (more)

Freshly painted 201 coupled to ATSF 719 was soon put to work hauling unit rock trains from Parkdale Quarry through the Royal Gorge.Thanks to seeing this unit a few days earlier at BNSF Denver's Di... (more)