"Smoking up Franklin Street" One of Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500s smokes up Franklin Street while starting down the Stock Yard Lead. The Denver Rock Island Railroad opera... (more)

"DRIR at McDonald Farm Enterprises" One of Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500s passes McDonald Farm Enterprises' new location along Franklin Street while starting down the Stock Yard Lea... (more)

"Switching out the Stockyards" One of Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500s switches out the Stockyards before heading down the Stock Yard Lead adjacent to National Western Drive... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's #553 (SW8) runs across Packinghouse Road as it heads to a customer.

It appears that the Denver Rock Island Railroad has a new pony for their Denver-based stable. SDCX 88 was built in 1959 for the Southern Pacific as a GP9. It was later rebuilt as a GP9R for the ... (more)

DRIR #553 shoves two cars up towards Iron & Metals along a heavily industrialized portion of Franklin Street north of the former Denver Union Stockyards. Built in July of 1938, DRIR #553 was or... (more)

The Denver Rock Island Railroad has to share a busy Packinghouse Road with truck and cars. Here we see DRIR 1083 (SW1500) taking a cut of gondolas to a recycling facility down the road.

The tight spacing of Packinghouse Road is evident as the Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 navigates the tracks along the busy road.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's #553 (SW8) continues to serve clients in the Stockyards area while demolition continues around them. In the distance we see the iconic Armour water tower that has be... (more)

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 pulls a cut of gondolas past the historic 1898 Exchange Building. The stockyards area continues to be transformed, with the buildings and trees that previous... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8) is working an area of the stockyards that has undergone a major transformation. Gone now are these trees, which have been removed in advance of nearly $1B ... (more)

The transformation of the area in Denver known as "The Stockyards" is progressing, with many of the industrial buildings having already been demolished. Here we see the Denver Rock Island Railroa... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad switches cars at the old stockyards in Denver, Colorado, on March 30, 2006. DRIR EMD SW1500 No. 1083 is a former Southern Pacific locomotive freshly-painted in the rail... (more)

The redevelopment of the Denver Stockyards is heating up, making for tight quarters as trucks and the Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 maneuver through the area.

Denver Rock Island Railroad NW2 No. 996 is eastbound on the former Rock Island main line into Denver, Colorado, at Silver Yard near the I-70 overpass on April 11, 2006. On the right, contractors l... (more)