Photo ID: 111173 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande It had been many years since I had taken any shots of DRGW 5771 at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The weather was perfect, so I figured it was time to get a recent shot! DRGW 5771 was, of course, the final FA unit to be retired off Rio Grande's roster. It ran on the Rio Grande Zephyr until its end in April 1983. It spent 1984 working on low priority work trains before being completely retired. The good folks at the Colorado Railroad Museum have restored it in Rio Grande four stripe paint scheme. Ironically enough, the F9A itself never wore this paint scheme. But it still looks mighty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111172 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A close up look of the cab and front end of DRGW 5401 as it rests at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Unlike all but one other of the 73 SD40T-2s Rio Grande had, DRGW 5401 is being preserved in its Rio Grande colors. Sister unit DRGW 5371 has also been preserved, resting at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111171 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The Colorado Railroad Museum has done a lot to restore DRGW 5401 to look like it did during its glory days on the Rio Grande. The unit had been patched by Union Pacific, its class lights and MARS light removed, and it was covered in graffiti. Today, the light package has been restored and the graffiti has been removed. Such a great job getting it back to its prime. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111170 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande DRGW 3011 was donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum. It was in rough shape and sat alongside the roundhouse for years while waiting for funds to get it restored. Once the funds came in and the restoration proceeded, the museum did an amazing job with the restoration. The GP30 looks absolutely pristine, like when it was delivered 62 years ago, in May 1962. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111169 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 191 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This shot shows the roundhouse and turntable at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. The equipment the museum has collected over the years is absolutely fantastic! Something I find quite interesting is the empty three-rail track (a track that has both narrow gauge and standard gauge using three rails). Note that it turns to four rails for the turntable. Rio Grande tunnel Motor is one of the units in the collection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 8549 pulls into one of the storage tracks just east of the east yard in Golden. The train has about 20 cars in tow that will be dropped off in this track. The Golden Switch will handle switching them out and delivering them to their customers in the coming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's westbound Beer Run descends the grade toward the upper yard at Coors in Golden. The train is paralleling Farmer's Highline Canal. This canal branches off from Clear Creek not far behind the camera and runs all through Golden, Arvada, and Westminster. It actually crosses underneath UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub just east of Simms Street! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110405 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden, CO 167 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Sunday afternoon Beer Run runs alongside West 44th Avenue in Golden. The train has a pair of SD40-2s that will serve as the Golden Switch power for the upcoming week. The train is headed for the upper yard at Coors. This yard primarily contains cars for industries other than Coors along the branch that the Golden Switch will switch out in the coming week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110050 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's afternoon Beer Run passes by the grain elevator just east of the lower yard at Coors. The train has clearance to proceed in to track 3 in the lower yard and drop off its cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110049 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 189 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Clear Creek offers up a reflection of BNSF 9124 and train as the Beer Run moves along the bank of the river on its way in to the lower yard at Coors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110044 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Coors Brewing Company Coors has a half dozen or switch engines on its roster for switches cars at the Coors Brewery in Golden. This particular SW1000, C997, was originally CB&Q 9333. It later became BN 446 before being sold to National Railway Equipment. Coors bought it from NRE in April 2003. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110043 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Coors Brewing Company Nine BNSF covered hoppers are being pulled by a Coors SW1000 from the Golden Sub in to the lower yard at Golden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110042 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Golden Golden, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) Coors Brewing Company Just east of the lower yard in Golden, a Coors SW1000 pulls a string of covered hoppers across Clear Creek by the grain elevator. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109931 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terrill Junction Golden, CO 180 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF I remember, as a kid, seeing SDP40s on the Beer Run that ran between Denver and Golden. Burlington Northern had six SDP40s that it inherited from Great Northern, and they seemed to spend a lot of time in Denver. Fast-forward about forty years, and an SD70ACe and an SD70MAC are the power on the train on this December afternoon, just minutes after sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109930 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terrill Junction Golden, CO 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Terrill Jct, BNSF's "Beer Run" is stopped, waiting for permission to enter in to the Lower Yard at Coors. The train is stopped just north of 44th Avenue so as not to block any crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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