Photo ID: 111172 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A close up look of the cab and front end of DRGW 5401 as it rests at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Unlike all but one other of the 73 SD40T-2s Rio Grande had, DRGW 5401 is being preserved in its Rio Grande colors. Sister unit DRGW 5371 has also been preserved, resting at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111171 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The Colorado Railroad Museum has done a lot to restore DRGW 5401 to look like it did during its glory days on the Rio Grande. The unit had been patched by Union Pacific, its class lights and MARS light removed, and it was covered in graffiti. Today, the light package has been restored and the graffiti has been removed. Such a great job getting it back to its prime. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111170 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande DRGW 3011 was donated to the Colorado Railroad Museum. It was in rough shape and sat alongside the roundhouse for years while waiting for funds to get it restored. Once the funds came in and the restoration proceeded, the museum did an amazing job with the restoration. The GP30 looks absolutely pristine, like when it was delivered 62 years ago, in May 1962. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111169 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This shot shows the roundhouse and turntable at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden. The equipment the museum has collected over the years is absolutely fantastic! Something I find quite interesting is the empty three-rail track (a track that has both narrow gauge and standard gauge using three rails). Note that it turns to four rails for the turntable. Rio Grande tunnel Motor is one of the units in the collection. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111149 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF At the south end of Rennicks, BNSF's intermodal yard in Denver, a couple of sets of power are hanging out. A crew appears to be working on one set, perhaps for a southbound train on the Joint Line later in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111016 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Crossing over Bailey Yard and looking west, we see the east classification yard as well as three through tracks. On the right side of the frame, the westbound through tracks have quite a few trains ready to go. For aviation fans, my Cessna 172 is currently configured for "slow flight", with the flaps down to reduce my airspeed for better viewing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111015 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Dozens of tracks make up the east hump yard here at Bailey Yard in North Platte. You can see the locomotive maintenance facility on the left side of the shot. In the distance near the top of the frame, you can see the westbound run through tracks and the "spare yard". The spare yard alone has almost as many tracks as North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111014 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of the cool features of Bailey Yard is the Golden Spike Tower. This is an observation deck that was built by Union Pacific that serves as both museum and viewing area of the yard. If you are ever in North Platte, it is worth a visit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111013 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 225 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Forgive the somewhat low resolution of this picture. It is a cropped shot from my iPhone 15 from above Bailey Yard. I noticed two of UP's six heritage units, UP 1989 (the Rio Grande unit) and UP 1988 (the Katy unit) are both at the facility. Not sure if they are waiting for repairs, or have just been released. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111012 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the south side of Bailey Yard, you can see dozens of engines waiting for, or having just been repaired, at the locomotive facility. On the other side the maintenance facility is the east hump yard, filled with cars waiting to be added to new eastbound trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111011 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Tracks at the bottom of this shot make up the eastbound receiving yard. Manifest trains that need to be broken up and sorted enter this yard. Their cars are then sent over the east hump and enter the east hump yard. Cars are then pulled out of that yard and trains are built in the east departure yard in the top right part of the picture. The westbound counterparts are visible to the top left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111010 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In this shot of Bailey Yard, you can see the east hump yard taking up the main part of the shot. The west hump yard, which sort all railcars heading west, is partly cutoff in the upper west side of the shot. The handful of tracks in the center are through tracks, used mainly for intermodal trains that are not stopping in North Platte. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111009 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the north side of Bailey Yard, we look across the east hump yard and the engine facility. Any railcars come from the west are sorted in the east yard for eastbound trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111008 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bailey Yard North Platte, NE 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An overview of UP's Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE. This is the largest rail classification yard in the world! The yard encompasses 2,850 acres, has two separate hump yards, totaling 114 yard tracks. The yard handles roughly 14,000 rail cars daily. It is also the location of one of the largest engine facilities, and also has a car repair facility that replaces 10,000 pairs of wheels annually. In this shot, you can see the west hump yard in the foreground and the east hump yard in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In the late 90s, Union Pacific really wanted units with more horsepower. EMD and GE both obliged with their own attempts at a 6000 HP unit. GEs was designed an AC6000CW. UP 6894 was delivered to UP as UP 7006, one of the original GE AC6000CW. The 6000 HP units were plagued with issues, and the attempts were eventually ditched. Today, UP 6894 has been rebuilt (internally) with a 4400 HP prime mover and is designated as a C44ACM. 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