Sugar Junction

The yard is mainly used for interchanges between San Luis Central and D&RGW (SP/UP). They also anload fertilizer at the short track on the east side of the yard. SLC comes down from north and leave their cars in the interchange yard. D&RGW leaves cars, mainly empties, going west to South Fork or Monte Vista and picks up cars from the interchange yard on the return trip. SLC has a car shop just north of Sugar Junction. West of Sugar Junction is a lumber yard, Pleasant's Western Lumber. East of Sugar Junction is Zinzer with the scrap yard, Sanner Bros Salvage. Monte Vista Coop had 5 silos in Zinzer until 1996, when they where destroyed in a fire.

SLC normaly uses a SW8 #70. It's painted green and yellow. They also have a 70-toner as backup. It's also green but the stripes are orange. Their roster of cars consist mainly of mechanical reefers and 3 bay covered hoppers, Pullman/Trinity 4750.

I have drawn the map from the information I managed to get when I visited Sugar Junction in March 1999.