On time as usual, the Rock & Rail makes an early morning delivery into the old Rio Grande yard with loads to drop off for interchange with the BNSF. They will soon depart with empty covered hoppe... (more)
With traffic at a stop, the Rock and Rail pushes through downtown Canon City with 120 empty hoppers in hand and the Rocky Mountains looming in the background.
Rock & Rail's second 201 is a GP40-2 - ex-Southern Pacific? It was enroute on BNSF to Pueblo, CO. Freshly painted at National Railway Corporation. Rock & Rail operates on UP's Tennessee Pass line... (more)
Freshly painted 201 coupled to ATSF 719 was soon put to work hauling unit rock trains from Parkdale Quarry through the Royal Gorge.Thanks to seeing this unit a few days earlier at BNSF Denver's Di... (more)