Photo ID: 106038 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande One of my personal favorite models of engines of all time! EMD (Electro-Motive Division, at that time) had a very unique look to it. It was, in my opinion, a very classy look. Nice to know that a couple Rio Grande GP30s will be preserved. DRGW 3011 is at the Colorado Railroad Museum, awaiting funds for restoration. DRGW 3006 is owned by a private individual who, as far as I know, also intends to restore the classic unit, which will soon celebrate 55th birthday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106037 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A side view of Rio Grande GP30 #3006. This unit is now owned by Daniel Quait, who intends to preserve the engine. It has been stored in Burnham for nearly 20 years, when it was retired from active service. From here, it will be need to be moved to a new home as the tracks at Burnham are being ripped out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106036 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A 3/4 roster shot of Rio Grande GP30 #3006 as seen from the back end. This GP30 was actually still be used on locals into the late 1990s. That's why you will find a pair of ditch lights on the back end of 3006. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106035 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 4, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2725 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Burnham Shops in Denver was shut down by Union Pacific on Valentine's Day, 2016. By the start of June, crews were well on their way to ripping out track. Equipment owned by Daniel Quait, including Rio Grande GP30 #3006, still sit on one of the yard tracks on the west side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105934 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1694 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific With it switching nearly completed, the MNYNP sits just past the signal at Broadway on the Belt Industrial Lead. The engineer will wait here for a van to bring the conductor up to the headend. Upon his arrival and a final air test, the train will head east on the Belt Industrial Lead and then turn north on UP's Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105933 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 1635 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A pair of BNSF SD40-2s get ready to do some switching at the industries near Utah Junction. One of the industries served by BNSF here is Altogether Recycling. They fill up multiple carloads of material on a weekly basis. All of the track seen here was once narrow gauge and, later, "three rail" (both narrow and standard gauge). There are a few places where the narrow gauge rail can still be found in between the standard gauge rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1746 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Today's MNYNP will have an all-EMD consist, including a pair of Norfolk Southern units being borrowed by UP. The unit featured in this shot is an SD70M-2. Even though EMD released them at the start of 2005, I've seen fewer than a dozen in the last 11 years. Neither UP nor BNSF bought any, so they don't show up in Colorado too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1772 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYNP is shuffling some cars around in North Yard before it can head north toward Cheyenne. In order to have enough room to switch cars around over a few tracks, it actually enters the Belt Industrial Lead. My favorite type of engine since the GP60 will be leading the train - an SD70M with flared radiators. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105915 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1736 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande Two of three SLRG SD90s on the MNYNP can be see here as the train slowly passes through Broadway on the Belt Line. The lease on the units is up and they are now headed back to CIT Leasing. These beasts have been interesting to witness over the last 18 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105914 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1675 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande The SD90 seems akin to the DDA40X in some regards. Both were intended to be high horsepower units and neither was successful over the long term. UP had shed its roster of SD9043MACs. With the lease from CIT Leasing up, the San Luis and Rio Grande is also doing the same. Three SD9043MACs are on UP's MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105913 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1679 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande One of a handful of SD9043MACs that the San Luis and Rio Grande had been leasing for the last few years is now being returned to the leaser. The particular unit has SLRG reporting marks, but is in an Iowa Pacific paint scheme. Iowa Pacific is the holding company for the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105912 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1717 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande I hadn't seen this unit since December 2009 when it first showed up on the San Luis and Rio Grande. It was originally going to be used as power on the failed reboot of the Ski Train. You may recall that the SLRG already had tickets sold for a new version of the Ski Train. But the train never left the station due to a dispute with Amtrak. This (and another) SD9043MAC instead spent several years in normal service on the SLRG. With the lease now up, the unit is being returned to CIT Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105911 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande For the past several years, the San Luis and Rio Grande has leased a couple of SD9043MACs from CIT Leasing. The lease on the units expired and, as a result, the SLRG is returning the units to the leaser. I had a suspicious, when taking these shots, that these would be the last SD90s I would see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105910 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1630 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP recently changed the days and times certain manifests are called at North Yard. Now, the MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard to Roper, UT) is called at 14:00 (2pm) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and the MNYNP (Manifest, North Yard to North Platte, NE) is called at 14:00 on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Here, the MNYNP passes through the OS at Broadway on the Belt Line, just outside North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105870 Date Shot Photo By Monday, March 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding (MP 6 to MP 7) Denver, CO 1600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Electro-Motive Division Each time a new prototype unit is released, the manufacturer has a new demonstrator paint scheme to accompany it. Personally, I think the demo scheme on the SD70ACe-T4 is one of the better ones EMD has come up with. Granted, some people have referred to it as the Seattle Seahawks scheme...but still, this Denver Broncos fan can overlook that! 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