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.

If you want to see some great small line railroading you need to visit the Denver Rock Island Railroad's operations in north Denver. On a given day they can typically be found operating their SW8... (more)

A proud crew poses with 68-year-old Denver Rock Island Railroad EMD NW2 No. 996 at Silver Yard in Denver, Colorado, on April 11, 2006. The colorful switcher was originally built as Frisco No. 259 ... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad NW2 No. 996 trundles eastbound down the former Rock Island main line into Denver, Colorado, as it approaches Silver Yard near the I-70 overpass on April 11, 2006.

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.