The Denver Rock Island Railroad's 1083 (SW1500) runs through the tight confines of a spur in their service area in north Denver.

DRIR 1083 (SW1500) muscles a cut of gondolas full of scrap iron.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's service area is a small industrial section of central Denver, around the Stock Show grounds.

The DRIR team has touched up the paint on their SW1500. They take pride in keeping their old switchers in good shape.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad is once again using their SW1500 to work the area around the stockyards in Denver.

DRIR 1083 (SW1500) pulls a cut of gondolas across Packinghouse Road in north Denver.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's 1083 (SW 1500) crosses Packinghouse Road with a load of box cars.

Denver Rock Island's SW1500 #1083 crosses over the South Platte River in north Denver.

Denver Rock Island's SW1500 #1083 pulls a string of box cars from a siding in north Denver.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 1083 (SW1500) pulls three gondolas full of scrap metal for a client in north Denver.

The DRIR 1083 has just dropped off two loads of steel to the CMC Banner Rebar customer. Now this former SP switcher will push their empty gondola across Franklin Street which cautions cyclists to... (more)

Here we see the tight confines of Packinghouse Road, alongside of which sits tracks served by the Denver Rock Island Railroad in support of the area businesses. Voters recently approved a bond to... (more)

DRIR 1083 (SW1500) is about to cross the Stock Show Diamond, which will disappear under the proposed redevelopment plan which turns this industrial area served by the Denver Rock Island Railroad i... (more)

The Denver Rock Island Railroad currently services a number of businesses in the area of the National Western Stock Show. A bond initiative recently passed that will fund a transformation of this... (more)

DRIR 1083 (SW1500) can usually be found working the industrial area on the north side of Denver.