Union Pacific literally has a gift shop on wheels that it can take with it! The passenger car Sherman Hill has a large variety of merchandise inside. Here, the car is open to the public all week during the Democratic National Convention.
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In preparation for the Democratic National Convention, Union Pacific has built a bridge between the vestibules of these two cars. More than likely, guests will be walking down through one set of cars, across the bridge, and back up.
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It is just after 8 o'clock in the morning on the morning of the final run of the Summer Ski Train for the 2008 season. The sun is getting close to rising above the Union Station sign as seen from the station tracks.
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The recently renamed Grand Luxe Rail Express (formerly the American Orient Express) sits on Track Two at Union Station while a wonderful display of post-game fireworks are set off from Coors Field.
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In honor of the Colorado Rockies, there were quite a few purple-ish colored fireworks being set off for the post-game fireworks show. Meanwhile, the Grand Luxe Rail Express sits on Track Two, awaiting a departure westbound in roughly 36 hours.
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A look down the platform along the Grand Luxe Rail Express on Track Two at Union Station while post-game fireworks are set off at Coors Field in the distance.
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Even though the Rockies lost to the Diamondbacks (4-2), ending an 11 game winning streak, fans still get to enjoy fireworks after the game. It just so happens that the Grand Luxe Rail Express is at Union Station underneath a quickly rising full moon.
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I didn't alter this shot at all using PhotoShop. This is actually what came out of the camera (as the saying goes). It can be difficult to get shots like this as the neon can be a bit underexposed or the moon can be a bit overexposed. Hard to find a "happy medium".
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The last car of the Grand Luxe Rail Express (formerly the American Orient Express) sits in track two at Denver Union Station under a full moon. The train will sit at the depot tomorrow as new guests arrive before departing Sunday morning for a westward journey to San Francisco.
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Built over sixty years ago, UP 844 was the last steam engine delivered to Union Pacific and it is still going strong! Here, it "idles" at Union Station, awaiting departure time for a trip down the Joint Line.
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With thirty minutes remaining until departure, passengers and rail enthusiasts are both setting up on the platform to get into position for the departure of UP 844 down the Joint Line.
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On the morning of Saturday, August 25, 2007, UP 844 led a passenger special down the joint line. It was the first (public) passenger train on the Joint Line since 1997. This is how the day started out for me. Steam rising up in front of Union Station.
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A waxing gibbous moon rise over Union Station while UP 1989 sits on Track 3 behind UP 844. Tomorrow, the units along with the UP passenger cars behind them will make the 240-mile round-trip from Denver to Pueblo and back for the 2007 Colorado State Fair.
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Getting close to 9 o'clock at night and UP 844 rests quietly awaiting its busy day tomorrow. In the meantime, we enjoy something of a flash-back to yesteryear when steam-powered trains frequented Union Station on a daily basis.
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Sometimes you have to get "down and dirty". In the last few seconds (literally) of sunlight, I grabbed this rail-level shot of UP 844 and the Colorado State Fair special. Yes, that is the Rio Grande Heritage Unit (UP 1989) as the diesel helper.
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