Photo ID: 103410 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 42 Platteville, CO 1986 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Brighton Local is rolling south between La Salle and Gilcrest. The train will go in to the siding at Platteville to meet a northbound soda ash empty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103411 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W071 (South Nunn) Nunn, CO 3458 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Here is a very depressing train! It is known as a "hospital train" or "funeral train". It is so named because all but the first three units are heading for retirement. 21 units are headed for retirement. 17 of those units are SD40T-2s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103412 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pierce (MP 66.7) Pierce, CO 2267 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific I suspect there is a good chance that this going to be the last time that I will be able to shoot multiple tunnel motors on the mainline. This is a "funeral" train and every unit in this picture is dead, on its way to retirement. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103413 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande This unit has a long history of numbers! It was delivered as DRGW 5351 in in October of 1974. It was then painted in Espee colors and fly letters after the Rio Grande / Espee merger. After the Espee / UP merger, it was renumbered to UP 4004 on March 29, 1999. It kept that number for less than a year. It moved to UP 8574 on March 17, 2000 to make room for the SD70Ms. UP then moved it one more time, to UP 2885 on December 20, 2002. Just over seven years later, it is off to retirement. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103414 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande In January 1977, this unit arrived on Rio Grande's property as DRGW 5382. 22 years later, the unit was renumbered to UP 4008. It then lived as UP 8578 before being moved to UP 2900. After 33 years of service, this unit is headed for retirement at Burnham. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103415 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande This was the second Rio Grande unit that came on the property in October 1974. While many tunnel motors received a full repaint over the years, this unit was only patched! It'll be retired off UP's roster as it is seen here, and it'll spend its time at Burnham in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103416 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 1980 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific A side view of a snoot-nose SD40T-2 headed for retirement. This tunnel motor started off as Espee 8330 when delivered in April 1979. So as of this photo, it had just celebrated its 31st birthday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103417 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2012 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande This was the third to last SD40T-2 that Rio Grande received. This was DRGW 5411, delivered in March 1980. The unit is headed for retirement at Burnham in Denver. Appropriate, considering the time it must have spent at Burnham over the years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103418 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 60 Ault, CO 2271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Rio Grande A look at a funeral train which is transporting 21 units (17 tunnel motors) from Ogden, UT to Denver, CO. Once reaching Denver, the units will be moved to Burnham and placed in storage until they can be auctioned off. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103419 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 1799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A northbound empty soda ash train rolls north on the main track at Greeley. The train is waiting for a southbound which will run down the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103420 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 2150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific As a northbound empty soda ash train leaving Greeley on a clear signal, a funeral train consisting of 24 units heads south through the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103421 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 2750 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A overhead roster shot of UP 2882 heading south through Greeley. This was once DRGW 5342, but has obviously undergone some changes. In additional to being patched, note the class lights and Mars lights have been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103422 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 2518 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A 300mm shot of a UP "funeral train" coming down the main at Greeley, CO. All but the first three units on this train are being retired by UP and are headed for Burnham in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103423 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 4276 (5 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A roster shot of UP 9871 (originally DRGW 5401) on its way to retirement. This unit spent a lot of time in Colorado before it was patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103424 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Greeley (8,349ft) Greeley, CO 3259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande DRGW 5342 is disguised as UP 2882 as it heads for retirement at Burnham in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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