| Community Response |
Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
 | | Views: 5,619 Favorited: 18 | | Since added on June 06, 2020 | |
|
» PRLX (more..)
» EMD SD70M (more..) |
» La Veta Pass
» Fir, Colorado, USA (more..)
» May, 2020 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» PRLX 4685 (more..)
» Unknown |
» Jason Cary (more..)
» Contact Photographer |
| Remarks & Notes |
| La Veta Pass One of three Hill turns on this day grinds up the last of the 2.5% grade on top of the great loop at Fir. The small train is heavy with agricultural products for Coors Brewing. The San Luis Valley still offers many shipping possibilities for the SLRG. If some track work was done the line could be used to transport King Mine Coal directly to Cement Plants in Pueblo, instead a 500 mile out of the way trip around the south-west. The valley would also be a closer place to unload fracking sand for the Farmington and Durango fields than the BNSF trans-con. Lets hope the new-operator also goes after old customers that were lost to trucks, due to other priorities from prior ownership. |
|
Photo Comments (1) |
|
|
