Photo ID: 102866 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2594 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This Tunnel Motor is one of a very few that still hasn't "officially" been retired by Union Pacific as of this picture. The unit started life as SP 8259 and was delivered 29 years earlier in May 1980. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102865 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2544 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The main workhorse! When the Ski Train would make trips up into the Colorado high country, it would typically fall on SKTX 289 to generate the Head End Power for the train, providing power to all the passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102864 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2418 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train When SKTX 242 was unable to lead the Ski Train for whatever reason, the duty would often fall upon SKTX 283. The rest of the time, the unit would typically be found second up in the lineup. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102863 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2961 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The tried and true leader of the Ski Train for nearly a decade! SKTX 242 has been the standard leader on the train ever since the former Amtrak F40PHs came to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102862 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train Car #9, the Winter Park, has operated as the "home base" car on the Ski Train for many, many years. The Ski Train manager set up in this car and car hosts reported to this car in the mornings to get their assignments. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102861 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 3223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The standard look to the Ski Train for almost the past decade. A trio of former Amtrak F40PHs have been in charge of the train. The units were purchased from Amtrak on a "lease-to-purchase" program, which was completed in 2004. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102860 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2633 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train One of the last looks at the Ansco Ski Train. The train was sold less than week earlier to a subsidiary of the Canadian National. Soon, the train will be off to Canada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102859 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 3485 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train Some of the final shots I ever expect to take of the Ski Train. The sale is complete and soon the train will be headed to its new home in Canada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102431 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 9, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 1811 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Need an engine? UP has a few of them available in storage at Burnham (in Denver). The units tend to be older and most have been sitting in Burnham for at least a year. There are many C40-8Ws here and there is a string of SD90MACs in the distance. There units are the true 6000 HP units developed in the late 1990's. It is unlikely they will ever see service on UP rails again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101681 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 1778 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific All twenty of the SD90MACs (with a true 6000 HP prime mover) that UP still has on its roster were in storage at Burnham - in one long line - at the end of 2007. Who knows if these units will ever be reactivated, or if they perished soon after the inception, similar to the U50 about thirty years ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101680 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 10, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 1703 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Starting in 1997, Union Pacific took delivery of 21 SD90MACs with 4-cylinder, 6000 HP prime movers. Roughly a decade later finds 20 of these 21 units in storage, not being used. The 21st unit has been returned to EMD for testing purposes. One of the 20 units in storage, UP 8923 (ex-UP 8513) is seen at Burnham in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101308 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 28, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 1845 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train A view of the Ski Train sitting in storage at Burnham during the off-season. The track in the immediate foreground (lower right of the image) is the southbound Light Rail track. Note the stadium (Invesco Field at Mile High) where the Denver Broncos play on the right side of the picture in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101307 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 28, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 1981 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific About five months...that's how long this former Grande SD50 has been sitting right here in this exact spot! With so many new units showing up on the property, UP has stored several units indefinitely. UP 9858 (ex-SP 5514, nee-DRGW 5514) is one such example. It is being stored in Burnham near downtown Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101306 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 28, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 2746 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train Ever wondered where they store the Ski Train during the off-season? The Ski Train has a couple of tracks reserved at Burnham just for them. The train is broken up over two or three tracks and the power is kept on yet another track. Here, the train will sit (and be worked on) until the summer runs start at the end of June. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101167 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2173 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific A string of about two dozen units sits at UP's Burnham Shops in storage. Whether or not this is temporary storage or not remains to be seen. Most of these units have been here since early December 2006. The line consists of SD40-2s, SD50s, SD60s, C40-8s and some switchers. UP 9858 (ex-SP 5514, nee-DRGW 5514) is on the south end of the string of units. The tracks in the foreground are a part of RTD's Light Rail system in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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