Photo ID: 104797 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1606 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak One of the Zephyr's Sleeping Car attendants looks out towards Union Station, the door shut and ready to depart. Parents with a young child stand by on the platform, ready to watch the Zephyr pull out when they get clearance from BNSF's 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104796 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1878 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Over four hours late, the westbound Zephyr is preparing to depart Denver. Denver is a crew change point for Amtrak, meaning a new engineer and head-end conductor hop on for the journey west to Grand Junction (or, in the evening, east to Lincoln, NE on #6). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104795 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2072 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak My daughters have accompanied me trackside since they were babies. I feel very blessed that, at 11 and 8 (almost 12 and 9), they still enjoy hitting the tracks with dad from time to time. In fact, they are even starting to get into photography a bit themselves! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104794 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1944 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When Amtrak returned to Union Station, it permanently moved from Track 1 to Track 4. The platform is very nice, with easy access to the Superliners (generally without a step stool). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Private Sitting on Track 5 behind Union Station was the Cripple Creek, a privately-owned car brought to Denver on the back of Amtrak. It is currently plugged in to the power cabinet (to the left) so the patrons have electricity inside the car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104792 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1811 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District Outside the back of Union Station is a canopy covering the stairs and escalators leading down to the bus ramp. Also note the word "Crawford" above the doorway to the right. The upper floors of the station are now a part of the Crawford Hotel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District These classy decals can be found on each of the windows in the doors into and out of the station. Personally, I thought that was a nice touch for the station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2183 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District The main hall of Union Station is now filled with internet/charging station, sofas and tables. What was once Amtrak's ticket office is now the Terminal Bar. One aspect of the station that did not return were the steal emblem cutouts of the railroads that once served the station. The used to be on the wall where the "Terminal Bar" sign is today. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1743 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District For those of you that remember Union Station prior to its most recent (interior) makeover, you may recall that you had to leave the main hall and descend down a long ramp that ran underneath the tracks. That ramp was filled in the renovation and shops and restaurants were built over it. The store on the right side of this shot is the Tattered Covered bookstore. Five years ago, this shot would have shown that ramp descending to the right to get to the tracks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104788 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1689 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A look out the back doors of Union Station toward the eight tracks. Only two of the tracks are currently used. Track 4 and 5 are reserved for Amtrak or other non-commuter rail trains. You can see the California Zephyr sitting on Track 4 in the background in this shot. I'm grateful that Union Station still has tracks behind it and will continue to be used as a transportation hub. Both the Union Pacific and Rio Grande depots in Salt Lake City have been preserved, but have no rails of any kind anywhere close to them anymore. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104787 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2335 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District Welcome inside the new Union Station! Many of the old wood benches have been restored and are still available for waiting passengers. In some ways, that is about all that is the same inside the station. The great hall is now not only a waiting room for trains or buses, but it is the gateway to multiple shops and restaurants and is also the lobby for the Crawford Hotel. The second, third and fourth floor of the station has been refurbished as a hotel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104786 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1847 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District The underground walkway connecting Union Station to the Light Rail station about three blocks away is also RTD's new Denver hub for its buses. It replaced the Market Street Bus Station when it opened. It is laid out somewhat like an airport terminal, with bus "gates" along the sides of the walkway. Access to the eight tracks at Union Station is also possible via stairs and elevators. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104785 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1796 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District There is now an underground walkway and bus ramp running perpendicular to the tracks behind Union Station. It runs from the station all the way to the Light Rail station a few block north along the tracks of the Joint Line. There are numerous points of entry to get to the ramp. This one is along Wewatta, showing stairs and escalators descending and a great picture of Union Station with the Silver Sky on the tail end of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104784 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The Zephyr backs toward Train Hall at Union Station, passing Coors Field as well as the location of the temporary station, used until Train Hall at Union Station was completed. The concrete platform for the temp station has been torn up and the track all the way to the right now lays where it used to. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104650 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2059 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District A wide-angle look at the southwest "canopy" over Train Hall behind Union Station. Tracks 4 and 5 (right and left, respectively) can be utilized by non-commuter rail trains such as Amtrak. It is nice to know there are two such tracks so, in July, Cheyenne Frontier Days will have a place to stay! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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