Photo ID: 103008 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 73 Nunn, CO 2407 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific On its return trip from Cheyenne to Denver, the Frontier Days Steam Train approaches the US-85 overpass just north of the town of Nunn. With all the afternoon thunderstorms Colorado has had this year, it's nice to have a sunny afternoon for the trains run south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103009 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 73 Nunn, CO 1935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Cheyenne Frontier Days Steam Train is making great time on its trip south. The train is approaching the north switch of Nunn, where it will meet with a northbound manifest. Note the people enjoying their ride on the back vestibule of the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103010 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Platteville, CO 1720 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Just south of Platteville, UP's daily MNPNY (North Platte, NE to North Yard, CO) manifest is rolling on green signals. It is hustling to get to town ahead of the Frontier Days Steam Train special. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103011 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 50 Greeley, CO 2518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After a very brief stop in Greeley, UP 844 has the Cheyenne Frontier Days special rolling south again. After a long day in Cheyenne, passengers are enjoying the ride back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103012 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 50 Greeley, CO 2328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A look down on the longest diesel locomotive ever constructed! UP 6936 is a DDA40X built in January 1971 and is just shy of 100ft in length. The unit was used as a backup (and for dynamic braking) on the Cheyenne Frontier Days train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103013 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 45 La Salle, CO 3172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific My favorite shot of the day for the Cheyenne Frontier Days special. The lighting was really good and UP 844 is putting off enough smoke to make it look nice and classy! The train is just south of downtown La Salle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103014 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 45 La Salle, CO 2990 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific This is, to date, the best shot of UP 6936 that I have. Would have been really cool to see these in mainline freight service! I actually really think the corn fields in the background add something to the shot, don't you!? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103015 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 25 Ft Lupton, CO 2482 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific I haven't done a whole lot with Frontier Days the last couple of years. And I was reminded of exactly why this year. Traveling on US-85 can be extremely aggravating at times. Some people will pace UP 844 and block traffic behind them. On this evening, I was one of the those being blocked. This pacing shot (which is by no means one of my best) was the closest to the head end of the train I could get from La Salle all the way down to Brighton! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103016 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 17 Brighton, CO 2705 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The sun is getting closer and closer to the western horizon as the steam train makes its way closer to Denver. The train passes beneath E-470 in the distance, just south of Brighton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103017 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 Denver, CO 2495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific There was a time between 30 and 40 years ago when this general area saw many eight-axle diesel locomotives! UP 6936 sits on the Broadway overpass. Back when DDA40X's were (relatively) common, Broadway came to town via a viaduct running over the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103018 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 Denver, CO 2063 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After a great run (in both directions) another year of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Steam Train is in the books. Black and white felt right for this shot as the train back over Broadway and past Coors Field, into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.