The Denver Rock Island Railroad has to navigate roads on a daily basis in the small industrial area north of the stockyards.

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

Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 drops off a cut of oil cans in an industrial area around the Denver Stock Yards.

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.

Denver Rock Island 553 switches out boxcars at the Waste Management paper recycling facility near the old Stockyards in Denver.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad puts their SW8 to daily use servicing the various industrial businesses around the Denver Stock Yards.

DRIR 553 (SW8) runs along a narrow yard situated between the stock show grounds and the South Platte River. This area is about to be transformed due to the passing of a $856M redevelopment initia... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (ex Coors Brewing Company SW8) pulls a cut of oil cans across the BNSF track adjacent to Packinghouse Road in downtown Denver.

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

You have to salute the Denver Rock Island Railroad for extending the operational life of the units they own. Were it not for them using their versatile fleet of SW1500, SW10, NW2 and SW8 engines ... (more)

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8) runs a cut of gondolas along Packinghouse Road in Denver.

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