Photo ID: 105788 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1546 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The main entrance to the Burnham Shops off of Seminole Road. The gates for Burnham were still open on this morning. But that will only be the case for another week. The gates closed permanently on Valentine's Day, 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105787 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1820 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Empty rails. Sadly, after being the main maintenance facility for Rio Grande for decades (and a major facility for UP as well for nearly two decades), Burnham Shops are closing. All the power that was once stored here has been moved to places such as North Platte, NE and Grand Junction, CO. Soon, these tracks and the buildings will be ripped up and this scene will turn from railroad/industrial to residential. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105786 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1673 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande In a couple of years, this picture will be radically different! The track in the foreground, one of RTD's Light Rail tracks, will still be there. And the the next track over will likely still be there (so UP can serve a few customers along the line), but the rest of the tracks and the buildings will all be replaced with condos and apartments as UP has sold the Burnham property to a developer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105785 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A rack of "blue flags" sits alongside the empty tracks at Burnham. While you expect Rio Grande power to disappear over time and things like signals to be replaced, I have to admit I never really thought about the possibility of Burnham closing. Definitely came as a shock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105784 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1627 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The main engine shops at Burnham. As of this picture, Burnham only had a week of life left in it. No work, other than cleanup, is happening inside those buildings. Only a skeleton crew of workers remains to facilitate the cleanup. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105783 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1597 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande One of the many buildings at Burnham, soon to torn down as Rio Grande's main maintenance facility approaches the end of its life. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105782 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 7, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1806 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A Rio Grande caboose and a green maintenance of way boxcar sit on the west side of the yard at Burnham. All the power that had been stored here has already been moved elsewhere in preparation for the shop closing for good seven days after this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103292 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2056 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A former Rio Grande crane sits along with other Maintenance of Way equipment on some storage tracks on the west side of Burnham. All this equipment is now privately owned and is being stored on some tracks leased from Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103291 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2898 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Talk about a blast from the past! This was one of the last Rio Grande GP30's to be retired off the roster. This unit almost saw action in the 21st century, being retired on July 23, 1998. It has been sitting here in Burnham ever since, waiting for its new (private) owner to find a permanent home for it. The unit survived for nearly 37 years, seeing its first action in April of 1962. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103289 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1911 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific As of this photo, this is one of only about two dozen Tunnel Motors that have not yet been retired from UP's roster. Time may be short for this unit, however, as it sits in a deadline at the Burnham Shops in Denver. This unit started life as SP 8259 in May 1980. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103288 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1741 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Whoa! Hello 1980's flashback! Two SD60s and two B40-8s sit on a "dead line" on the east side of the Burnham Shops. Once revenue picks back up as the economy (eventually) recovers, these units may be put back into service. Then again, they may be destined for short lines or even scrappers. Time will tell. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103287 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Every locomotives that comes out of either Erie, PA (GE) or London, ON (EMD) has a unique serial number stamped somewhere on the frame (called a frame number). This can be useful for railfans because, if a frame number can be found, the original unit to roll out of the factory can then be identified. Here is the frame number on UP 1350 (originally DRGW 3100). The number is 7360-7. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103286 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2615 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On the north side of the Burnham Shops, we find this friendly face hanging out waiting for some final servicing! This was DRGW 3100, the very last Rio Grande geep to get a UP patch. That happened just over four years prior to this picture, on January 31, 2006. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103285 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1996 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This shot looks down along the lower half of the stilt tracks on the east side of the Burnham Shop. You can see the trucks to another unit to the left side of the shot. You can also see the platform above that allows for easy access to the top half of UP 6545. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103284 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1926 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An example of an AC4400CW on one of the stilt tracks at Burnham. On these tracks, maintenance can easily be performed on the top half of the unit from the platform above, on the outside of the trucks from the stilts, or underneath the unit as seen on the bottom half of the picture. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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