UP 1989 from nose to tail! I love the mountains at the front of the long hood and on the cab. Long time since there was a new unit with fly letters too!
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The tail end of UP 1989. Those four stripes look extremely sharp. Great color scheme!
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The day after the Rio Grande Heritage Unit is unveiled, the unit was open to the public from 9am to 12pm. There were far fewer people here (and no passenger cars), making for slightly better images.
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One last shot from the day, a close up of the nose and cab of UP 1989, first new Rio Grande unit is 16 years!!
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Rio Grande…lives on into the 21st Century, even if it is in only one single unit.
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Looking down the walkway toward the back of the cab on the conductors side.
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The best angle for sun during the day was from the rear quarter of the unit. That Aspen Gold looks perfect to me!
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The nose of UP 1989 (door open due to the public working their way through the unit.
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Marty Amsler (Creative Director) and Dave Markes (Designer) for Bailey Lauerman (the firm contracted to design all six heritage units) stand on "their" unit.
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Yours truly! Your webmaster standing along the walk way on the conductors side, my websites namesake to my right.
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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!
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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!
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Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and his son are the first to sit in the engineers seat of UP 1989.
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Another angle of the unit completely uncovered. This was a wide angle (19mm) shot.
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