Rio Grande…lives on into the 21st Century, even if it is in only one single unit.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Looking down the walkway toward the back of the cab on the conductors side.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The best angle for sun during the day was from the rear quarter of the unit. That Aspen Gold looks perfect to me!
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The nose of UP 1989 (door open due to the public working their way through the unit.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Marty Amsler (Creative Director) and Dave Markes (Designer) for Bailey Lauerman (the firm contracted to design all six heritage units) stand on "their" unit.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Yours truly! Your webmaster standing along the walk way on the conductors side, my websites namesake to my right.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The conductors side of UP 1989. After unveiling, UP setup a line to allow people to walk through, so the engineers side was a bit crowded!
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Meet the design team. From left to right is Lance Koenig, Marty Amsler, and Dave Markes. They work for Bailey Lauerman, the firm responsible for designing all six heritage units. Dave Markes was the main designer for UP 1989!
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and his son are the first to sit in the engineers seat of UP 1989.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Another angle of the unit completely uncovered. This was a wide angle (19mm) shot.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The tarp is off and everyone is out of the way. I used a polarizer for this shot to increase the blue in the sky. This is one sharp looking locomotive.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Nice transition from the three Aspen Gold stripes into the classic four-stripe scheme of the 50's and 60's.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The tarp is nearly half off. Three Aspen Gold stripes start benath the cab and move back toward the long hood. Looks like a mountain scheme showing up behind the cab.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
The nose of UP 1989 is shown to the world. Main Line Through The Rockies appears on the nose.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
