You can often find the Denver Rock Island Railroad's 1083 (SW1500) working the industrial businesses on Packinghouse Road in the Stockyards area. The road sees heavy traffic and maneuvering along... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's veteran SW8 moves a gondola across Packinghouse Road in the area called the Stockyards.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500 #1083 pulls a load of scrap iron across Packinghouse Road.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 works a cut of gondolas next to the Exchange Building in the Denver stock yards area. Soon this industrial swath of land will be transformed into offices, parks ... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's "Grey Ghost" 1606 (GP7) works a small industrial yard in north Denver.

Here is a profile shot of Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 #553.

It gets crowded along Packinghouse Road in Denver, but the crew of the Denver Rock Island Railroad are used to it.

DRIR 553 moves a cut of gondolas into a small yard in central Denver.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 80 year old SW8 moves a cut of gondolas past the exchange building at the Stock Yards in central Denver.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500 works the small industrial area known as the Stockyards.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500 crosses Packinghouse Road with a pair of hoppers.

While the tracks used by the Denver Rock Island Railroad are old, and perhaps not what you might call 'class I' quality, they do their job just fine.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad has been working these tracks since 2005 when the DRIR acquired the Stock Yard Lead from the Union Pacific Railroad. Although still functional, the tracks in this a... (more)

There's a storm on the horizon and the crew of DRIR 1083 works to deliver some gondolas and tank cars to customers on the north end of their Denver territory.

It is uncertain if the pending stock show complex redevelopment will solve the close quarter running of the Denver Rock Island Railroad's engine along Packinghouse Road.