Number 70 approaches Monte Vista with one car for the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad
San Luis Central EMD SW8 No. 70 switches cars at railroad’s small yard at Sugar Junction just east of Monte Vista, Colorado, on August 6, 1993. Common spotting features for this 800 horsepower s... (more)
Not too long after departing the railroad’s facilities at Sugar Junction near Monte Vista, Colorado, San Luis Central No. 70 plods along with a northbound freight on the morning of May 24, 2007.... (more)
San Luis Central EMD SW8 No. 70 switches its train end of the railroad’s line at Center, Colorado, on May 25, 2007.
The name of the business says it all for this shortline: "The Spud Seller." The San Luis Central derives much of its business from the potato farms lining this agricultural branchline b... (more)
San Luis Central EMD SW8 #70 switches cars on a crystal clear January 2013 day at Monte Vista, Colorado.
SLC 70 arrives at the SLC shops with one hopper in tow from the southbound run to Monte Vista.
Alot of potato moving in this photo.
The tractor makes it grow and the SLC brings it to market. South Central Colorado might seem like an odd place for such a relationship to exist, but it plays out everyday at above 7,000 feet here ... (more)
The San Luis Central Railroad is a potato and agricultural chemical hauler operating between Monte Vista and Center, Colorado, a distance of 13 miles. The railroad is located in the fertile San Lu... (more)
San Luis Central SW8 working one of several agricultural industries in the farming town of Center, CO.
SLC 70 trundles across the vast San Luis Valley of southern Colorado with two potato reefers in tow.
