A busy day for the Kennecott crew. Their afternoon work consisted of bring train up from Garfield to the Smelter. Then taking down a 76 car acid train down to Garfield before they could call it a ... (more)

After working the Garfield yard. The Kennecott local makes a break for it back to the Smelter. A fellow railfan at the controls, make railroading look fun.

GMTX 2662 and RSSX 116 carefully shove a large string of tank car's, around the corner, up into Garfield yard.

With a sting of tank cars, used for hauling sulfuric acid. GMTX 2662, and RSSX 116 bring down a load train to interchange with Union Pacific.

A cut of Kennecott Copper Corporation acid cars head east on a BNSF manifest freight at mile 14.5 on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Leyden, Colorado, on March 10, 2013.

I have to admit that I originally though the crew was goosing it for my benefit. But after he pass. I realized it was because they were just trying to get a giant train up the hill. Just guessing,... (more)

It's a wintery scene, as five leasers units of three different lease companies, make their way back to the Smelter. They are operated by Railserve that is contracted to service Rio Tinto's, Kennec... (more)

They decided to take the whole fleet put for a spin. After dropping off some cars off in the Garfield yard for Union Pacific. The Kennecott power operated by Railserve is heading back up to the sm... (more)

I was able to catch Railserve GP15 697, and SSRX GP38 3670 climbing up through the canyon between Garfield and the Kennecott Smelter. They sound and looked good in the evening light.

Even though it been here awhile. I finally was able to get a picture of Railserves GP15, in use at Kennecott Copper. I've only ever seen it up to this point hidden up in the smelter.

Sure nice to get to see these old geep's, earning their keep.

Getting good smoke has become a lot harder to get these days. So I was pretty happy to catch the geep's being operated by Rail Serve putting on a show. They are getting their train up and going fo... (more)

Ruth bound copper ore empties rattle west through the high desert of East Ely, NV behind a pair of classic Kennecott Copper Corporation ALCo RS's, (RS3 no. 9 and RS2 no. 5 to be specific). Though ... (more)

GP38-2 GMTX 2662 and GP9's RSSX 1590, 1633. Are banging around a pretty good sized train in the Garfield yard.

On what was a pretty crappy day with smoke and stormy skies. I stumbled across the Kennecott interchanging in Garfield yard. The sun broke through at just the right time. Couldn't have timed it an... (more)