With their delivery of the Vestas Wind Tower train complete, the power consisting of an ex-Cotton Belt GP40-2 and two rebui... (more)

With their damaged tank car move out of the way, the “hill cut” continues sorting more cars in what’s left of the 21 track classification yard originally built by the Santa Fe with a former ... (more)

With a new crew on board, a rare CSX visitor starts pulling its train out the former Santa Fe yard in Pueblo toward the junctionmore)

Fallen Flags
Excluding the new numbers above the cabs, one might think this a scene from pre-1995 when both of these western railroads were independent of each other and carried some ... (more)

The merger consist of today’s “Hill Cut” slowly comes through the entrance tunnel of the Vestas Towers America, Inc. plant with a unit train of empty BNSF flats awaiting Vestas wind tower lo... (more)

Built for the Rio Grande as DRGW 3122 in 1974, the UP 5245 is seen today idling the morning away amongst flat cars of rail in what was the former home to the Rio Grande in Pueblo. This is the seco... (more)

A pair of BNSF 70MACs follow on the heels of BNSF 5962 with more coal from the Powder River Basin that is bound for a power pla... (more)

This grain train's DPU in full BNSF Warbonnet paint starts to shove harder on the covered hoppers as it passes in front of the aptly named Santa Fe Ave exit sign off I-25 in Pueblo.

With a load of black diamonds giving it all the resistance it can, a pair of BNSF Gevo locomotives pull this massive tonnage out of Pueblo and towards the Junction where the train will travel east... (more)

Rocky Mountain Steel
Rolled a little over 6 years ago and only a short distance from this location, 136 pound per yard quality rail supports today’s Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: Rail
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4098
Train ID: BNSF H-DENAMS
Photo Date: September 18, 2011

Even on a Sunday the railroad never rests, today a Santa Fe geep waits for its crew to bring it to life as a MoW train sits patiently with its crew aboard for traffic to clear before it can shove ... (more)

Many miles from its home rails in the South and almost a mile above sea level, this CSX locomotive sits at an elevation of 4695 feet high in Pueblo. As the mountains tower in the distance, the tr... (more)

An EMD built SD9043MAC brings up the rear of this light engine move which includes three Southern Pacific AC4400s as the train patiently waits for traffic to clear north of here in Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD9043MAC
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8164
Train ID: UP EPUNY
Photo Date: September 16, 2011

Merger Paint With only the new four letter initials and a new road number for the tri-clops, two original paint schemes representing the railroads that would create the largest railroad at... (more)

With their train of 81 cars now resting in the Rio Grande yard, today’s power for the daily Denver North Yard to Pueblo mixed freight comes to a stop as the conductor will soon step off his Dash... (more)