Riding atop the original Colorado and Southern mainline, a short aircraft parts train passes the behemoth GCC Rio Grande cement plant which opened up in 2008 and is one of the first railroad custo... (more)

Patent Pending
Invented by George R. Burkhardt in 1940, the Torsion Resistant rail was created to improve upon torsional rigidity at the head of the rail thus giving greater resistanc... (more)

The evolution of BNSF's paint schemes are seen on power being shuffled around by today's Pueblo local, with tomorrow's U-PUESFA weari... (more)

A pair of remote controlled locomotives await their next yard job as an empty coal train bound for the North Antelope Mine passes through on the main line.

Fallen Flags
The names of former Midwestern roads are still seen adorned on the sides of coal hoppers as these cars sit and wait for their next customer.

An empty Union Pacific coal train goes about putting its train together in the confines of the onetime Rio Grande yard and the art fi... (more)

After spotting their empty hopper train in the yard, the lead engines now head to the locomotive terminal with their DPUs on ... (more)

Returning to nearly the same spot after 6 hours of work, the “Hill Cut” and its white faced leader drift through Pueblo J... (more)

A rainbow appears briefly as this empty coal train bound for the Rawhide Mine waits for a track warrant to continue north at Pueblo Junction.

A trio of EMD SD40-2 locomotives pulls its train out of the former classification yard built in 1950 by the Santa Fe and prepares for another day working the mighty Evraz Rocky Mountain rail mill.

A pair of UP SD70M locomotives pull their empty wind tower flatcar train around a curve on the northern part of Pueblo as this Vestas bound train is almost at the UP yard where it will patiently w... (more)

Main Street of the Northwest With a close look one finds the original heritage of this 1958 built mechanical reefer which now finds itself amongst other relics found at the more)

The power for this week’s Canon City local in the form of three UP painted GP40-2 locomotives idles away in the confines of the former Rio Grande yard while the two other geeps continue sorting ... (more)

Black diamonds bound for the state of Arizona make their way out of Pueblo and past the artwork that adorns the sides of the Arkansas River levee wall.

The daily "Hill Cut" with loads of steel plate and empty rail flatcars powers up and passes underneath I-25 as well as a loaded Union... (more)