Photo ID: 102314 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 28, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2825 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After being on display all week for the Democratic National Convention, UP 1989 is being moved around at Union Station in front of the Denver skyline. The unit will be temporarily used to help move cars around at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102313 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2172 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific Who new that Union Pacific owned as many buses as they do! I started to realize this fact the week of the Democratic National Convention. They had buses all over the Union Station area, including this one. The Rocky Mountains with the Denver Skyline and a train in the foreground. Not only do they own the bus, but it looks like it was painted just for the convention! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102312 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2091 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific RailPower Inc is a relatively new company that produces very low emission engines. UPY 2622 is designated as an RP20GE. The unit is build on the frame of an [EMD] GP9. It uses electrical components from General Electric, and uses three 500 kW (low emission) diesel engines. The unit is capable of producing the equivalent of 2000 HP. As of this shot, UP currently has 98 units on their roster, most of which are in California and Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102311 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande An interesting comparison between the front of the latest engine from EMD and the latest engine from RailPower. UP 1989 is an SD70ACe just over two years old now. UPY 2622 is a low emission "Genset" unit produced by RailPower, Inc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102310 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2363 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific Just south of 16th Street in Denver, UP has three engines setup on public display. From left to right, there is UP 1989 (the DRGW Heritage Unit), UPY 2662 (A RailPower RP20GE) and UP 844 (UP's Big Boy steam engine). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102309 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2630 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande For the week of the Democratic National Convention, UP 1989 (the Rio Grande Heritage Unit) is on public display just south of 16th Street. While the public cannot climb on the engine, there is a staircase allowing the public to look in the conductors side cab window. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102308 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2858 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific On the south side of 16th Street, UP has their 4-8-4 (Northern) (#844) on public display. Also in town for the Democratic National Convention is a low emission Genset unit produced by RailPower, Inc. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102307 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2535 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, Ski Train, BNSF, Union Pacific It has been many many years since Union Station has been this full! And it will probably be many years before it is again. Several railroads (including Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, the Ski Train and Amtrak) have trains in town for the Democratic National Convention. UP is on tracks four and five, BNSF and NS are on track three, the Ski Train is on track two and Amtrak is on track one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102306 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1638 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) BNSF As the Ski Train backs into Union Station, the tail end of a BNSF business train sits on Track Three. The train arrived around mid-day (while the Ski Train was up in Fraser) for the Democratic National Convention. A UP bus is also visible in the distance on the right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102305 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1693 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific When the Ski Train returned to Denver and was being wyed in BNSF's yard, I was surprised to find a pair of UP AC6044CW's sitting near the house. It turns out that these units were most recently used on the Valmont coal train. UP runs the train from the mines to Denver; BNSF runs the train from Denver to the power plant in Boulder. UP keeps two units on the train for the duration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102304 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1785 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Once returning to Denver, the Ski Train has to borrow some trackage in BNSF's 31st Street Yard is order to back in Union Station. The train is on the main here, passing the coal train (Coal One and Coal Two), both of which are currently occupied. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102294 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Junction (DS005) Denver, CO 1854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At Utah Junction, the Ski Train ran through the North Yard siding to run around a westbound BNSF manifest holding Main Three at C&S Junction. Here is a shot looking back at the manifest as we pass it. The two tracks to the left (Main Two and Main One) go on the Belt Bypass to the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102293 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard (DS002) Denver, CO 1949 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In North Yard, a coal empty is preparing to depart westbound for the Axial mine on the Craig Branch. After loading at the mine, the train will return east and run down the Joint Line. It will eventually interchange in Cochise, AZ. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102292 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 1873 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF It's not too often you get a track-level view from the diamond at 23rd Street. Here it is though, two BNSF northbound coal empties wait at red signals as the Ski Train passes in front of the them. A new isolated cab SD70ACe leads the train on the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102291 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 23, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2512 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Ski Train During the summer runs, the Ski Train adds a "Bike Car" to the consist. This car has been converted to carry mountain bikes up to Winter Park (at no extra cost) so passengers can get some exercise for the day! Here, a Ski Train volunteer wheels a bike up the ramp toward the open door. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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