The clouds part at just the right time for the UP steel mill job as it begins to depart the former Rio Grande yard. This local is always a good one to catch since it's usually composed with more)

Today we find a nice solid set of Union Pacific painted GP40-2 models as they prepare to depart a rather full ex-Rio Grande yard in Pueblo with daily work at Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel (CF&I) and ... (more)

Today’s Rocky Mountain Steel Mill local waits for the air to build up in their train as they will soon depart the Rio Grande yard and head out to begin the day’s work while in the background t... (more)

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

As it zigzags around the current UP locomotive servicing terminal and what’s left of the roundhouse and turntable from the Rio Grande steam days, a unit tower train from the Vestas Wind Tower pl... (more)

A former Cotton Belt GP40-2 will power today's Steel Mill Local as it prepares to blast off from the ex-Rio Grande yard in Pueblo while a Vestas wind tower train brought in the Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 1405
Train ID: Rocky Mountain Steel Mill Local
Photo Date: September 16, 2011

The daily UP Pueblo local comes back to the yard with a unit wind turbine train from the nearby Vestas plant which it will tie down... (more)

A former Cotton Belt GP40-2 and its companion Geeps have just finished their duties for the day and now return back to the Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: UP 1405
Train ID: Rocky Mountain Steel Mill Local
Photo Date: September 16, 2011

The daily UP Rocky Mountain Steel Mill local slowly backs down one of the many tracks that make up the former Rio Grande yard in Pueblo. This set of cars will soon be coupled onto the rest of the ... (more)

With their consist now reversed, the Steel Mill local prepares to depart the Rio Grande yard with loads of scrap steel and ... (more)

A very clean Southern Pacific GP40-2 helps pull today's Steel Mill local out of the massive ex-Rio Grande yard in Pueblo. Although some of its tracks are used for storage, one can still see lots ... (more)

The Steel Mill local, as indicated by the empty rail train set, also has two loads to drop off for the newest customer in the area, Vestas. Vestas manufactures support towers for the gigantic win... (more)

The Steel Mill local has just coupled onto its cars in the former Rio Grande yard and is now about to depart and start the days work at Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel.

Grande Gold
The Rebel of the Rockies first started applying this 6 foot tall version of its speed lettered logo on locomotives starting in 1968 with their last order of SD45s. From t... (more)

In a scene reminiscent of days gone past, 3 Rio Grande geeps (one in UP paint) put together a train of empty flats to be taken up to the former CF&I steel mill for loads of 78 foot quality made ra... (more)