A trio of Rock & Rail RR EMD GP40s roll westward without any cars through Cañon City, Colorado.

(Jessica Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

ROCK AND RAIL

Rock and Rail (reporting mark RRRR) is a short line railroad operating in southern Colorado that is currently a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials. The company began operations in July 1988 and began operating the Highway 34 Terminal in 2018.

Rock & Rail Activity on the Tennessee Pass Line in Colorado

C. Vision takes you to the historic Tennessee Pass line in Colorado to view Rock & Rail operations between Cotopaxi and Cañon City.

Overview

Headquarters: 501 South 9th St., Cañon City, CO

Materials hauled: aggregates, minerals, mag chloride, chemicals, cement, quarried stone, pipe, metals, machinery, building materials

Website: https://rockandrail.com/