Photo ID: 104562 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A lot of the components of DRGW 3011, such as the headlights, class lights, number boards and plow, have been removed. The team at the museum will keep them safe and out of the elements until such a time as the unit is restored to look like it did in its glory days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104561 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1788 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The gauge on the fuel tank of DRGW 3011 (on the conductor's side) has lost its needle! Not that it is needed as the 2,600 gallon tank is no doubt dry as a bone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104560 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2097 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The 16 cylinder EMD 567D3 of DRGW 3011 sits visible and silent as the doors along the long hood quietly creak due to a light morning breeze. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104559 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1768 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande 20 years ago, in 1994, Espee retired GP30 DRGW 3011. In 1995, they sold the unit to OmniTRAX who stored the unit in Wichita, KS until 2000. In mid-2001, it was moved to Loveland, CO where it sat for another year. In 2002, it was donated by OmniTRAX to the Colorado Railroad Museum. 10 years ago, in 2004, the unit was moved to the museum. For the time being, it sits on the east side of the roundhouse, awaiting its turn at restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104558 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1746 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Time always marches on and, as it does, change inevitably happens. When the Rio Grande Zephyr stopped running in April 1983, the future of Rio Grande's last few F9s was very uncertain. In 1984, they were used on slow, heavy slag trains in maintenance service. Fortunately in the end, DRGW 5771 (F9A) and DRGW 5762 (F9B) found a home at the Colorado Railroad Museum. There, they underwent a restoration project in which the four stripe scheme was applied to them. Ironically, neither had ever worn the four stripe scheme prior to arriving at the museum! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100099 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 3109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande No doubt the most famous F-unit on the Rio Grande roster, F9 5771 now sits in the Colorado Railroad Museum. It has been fully restored in the four-stripe paint scheme (which it never actually wore in active service!). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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