About to go under the underpass at Smelter Junction.

When your engineer is a fellow railfan. You get a musical performance on the horn, and a giant wave and smile. GMTX 2330 and RSSX 1633 head up the hill with a load of box cars.

Railserve GP7U 1337, and SSRX GP38-2 3670 are shoving a big train into Garfield yard. The cars will be picked up by Union Pacific.

I was able to catch another of the Railserve GP I had never caught leading. The Railserve paint job isn't the fanciest ever. But the paint on RSSX 1590 is fresh looking and clean.

It's pretty awesome to get to see locomotives of this vintage still earning their keep in 2024. RSSX 1337 and 1633 are bring 72 loads of sulfuric acid produced at the smelter during there smelting... (more)

I was able to catch a real treat on Wednesday night. I was able to catch Railserve GP7U 1337 of Santa Fe heritage. It's the first time I've caught this guy leading. Originally ATSF 2696. Second un... (more)

A little different angle, of the Kennecott coming into the Garfield yard.

Shoving down a 76 car acid train to the Garfield yard to be picked up by Union Pacific.

A busy day for the Kennecott crew. Their afternoon work consisted of bring train up from Garfield to the Smelter. Then taking down a 76 car acid train down to Garfield before they could call it a ... (more)

After working the Garfield yard. The Kennecott local makes a break for it back to the Smelter. A fellow railfan at the controls, make railroading look fun.

GMTX 2662 and RSSX 116 carefully shove a large string of tank car's, around the corner, up into Garfield yard.

With a sting of tank cars, used for hauling sulfuric acid. GMTX 2662, and RSSX 116 bring down a load train to interchange with Union Pacific.

A cut of Kennecott Copper Corporation acid cars head east on a BNSF manifest freight at mile 14.5 on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Leyden, Colorado, on March 10, 2013.

I have to admit that I originally though the crew was goosing it for my benefit. But after he pass. I realized it was because they were just trying to get a giant train up the hill. Just guessing,... (more)

It's a wintery scene, as five leasers units of three different lease companies, make their way back to the Smelter. They are operated by Railserve that is contracted to service Rio Tinto's, Kennec... (more)