Bus and Rail in One Go

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On Saturday, August 13, Steelworks: A Museum of Industry and Culture will host a celebration of the historic town of Bessemer. This town was incorporated 125 years ago in 1886 and became a part of Pueblo in 1994. It is most famous for being the home of Colorado Fuel and Iron which was a major player in the steel industry until the steel-market crash of 1982. The company was eventually acquired by Oregon Steel Mills (1990's?) which was itself purchased by Evraz, a Russian company, in 2007. It is now called Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel.

Rocky Mountain Steel is the only place in the US that makes Deep-Head Hardened, long-wearing rails for railroads which are all made from recycled steel.

The CF&I brand name is still active as the wire mill was sold to Davis Wire which kept the brand to market  fence and nails made in Pueblo.

The Steelworks Museum has purchased many of old administrative buildings, a tunnel gatehouse, and a dispensary which you can all see for $5 on August 13. Admission will also get you into the museum and access to a craft and food market. An additional $5 will get you a bus tour of Rocky Mountain Steel.

So you can take a bus to see people making rails for trains.