Rolled just less than 5 miles from here, a relic from the past in the form of a CF&I tie plate still does its job of holding rail in place even though this rail hasn’t seen a wheel pass over it ... (more)

Yard job 102 is seen in the process of switching a very long cut of cars which requires it to use one the old passenger main drill track on the south side of the yard.

With the Front Range standing tall in the background, it’s easy to see why they call it the Rock and Rail as this former Rio Grande GP40 prepares to head west out of Pueblo just like it used to ... (more)

The early morning 101 “Hill Cut” makes their way back to the yard with a beautiful all EMD lash up showing the fallen flags that went into creating the BNSF.

After dropping off and tying down its cars in the yard a few minutes ago, 201’s locomotive heads back into the classification side of the yard while today’s all Dash 9 lead KCKDEN slowly pulls... (more)

A BNSF 70MAC sans the BN nose logo is seen pulling a long coal train around the yard in Pueblo as it makes its way through the steel town for a power plant in Texas.

The radio units of this empty Xcel Energy train have just returned to the BNSF mainline after depositing a load of carbon at the Xcel Comanche Plant just south of town. Back on the move now, they... (more)

Familiar Face A pair of CSX visitors from the Southeast are seen leading today’s H-AMADEN freight train as it takes time to drop off cars on the "rock track" just south of the bridge acr... (more)

With a switch lined into the interchange portion of Union Pacific’s yard, the Rock and Rail begins the simple task of dropping off cars full of cement for forwarding out of Pueblo.

Built for the Santa Fe in 1981 as ATSF 5189, this exquisite six-axle from EMD still looks good wearing its original paint scheme and cigar band nose logo as it feels right at home in the former Sa... (more)

With their early pick up at the Evraz Steel Mill completed, Y-PUE101 returns to the yard heading into track 8 with numerous loads of rail and wire. Meanwhile, Y-PUE102 continues working on track ... (more)

The DPU of an empty coal train destined for Rawhide Mine passes the former interlocking with the Missouri Pacific’s Horace Subdivision. more)

Numerous flatcars built or modified to carry 80 foot sticks of rail bring up the end of today's Hill Cut local and show off a bowed appearance as their empty bodies await another load of heavy rai... (more)

A lone SD40-2 is all that’s required to work a few customers east of downtown Pueblo as the Y-PUE201 is seen coming back into the yard running a respectable long hood forward.