Photo ID: 103967 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 302 (Minturn) Minturn, CO 2209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande For many, many years the sound of diesel engines (and steam before that) echoed off these rock walls. Gone are those days as the yard in Minturn has been gathering nothing but weeds and rust for almost 15 years now. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103966 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 303 (West Minturn) Minturn, CO 2399 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande On this particular trip to the Colorado High Country, me and the kids were actually going camping! We took the scenic route to our campsite, driving along Tennessee Pass between Minturn and Buena Vista. Here, my daughter Jaina peeks through the back of a dwarf signal whose "guts" have long since been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103965 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 303 (West Minturn) Minturn, CO 2484 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Even though there hasn't been a train here in just under 15 years, Tennessee Pass is not technically abandoned. Perhaps that is why this sign still exists at West Minturn instructing motorists to call UP if their car gets stuck on the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103964 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 24, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 303 (West Minturn) Minturn, CO 2826 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Tennessee Pass (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The weeds are doing their best to reclaim the land at the west switch of Minturn. Actually, considering there hasn't been a train on these rails in nearly 15 years, things still look pretty descent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103906 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 11, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9 Arvada, CO 2056 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After receiving a 90-day inspection at Burnham, UP 1364 is being shipped west to Grand Junction for yard and local work. This seems rather fitting, considering that until 2006, this was actually DRGW 3109! It was patched in 2006 and subsequently painted in early 2007. At that time, it made a trip to North Little Rock, AR. In addition to a fresh coat of paint, the GP40-2 had its MARS light removed and air conditioning added. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103785 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 22 Brighton, CO 3315 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After some sever thunderstorms, the sun peaked out from behind the clouds for about 20 minutes prior to sunset. UP 1989 leads a train south toward the siding at Brighton where it will meet a northbound before continuing in to North Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103784 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 27 Fort Lupton, CO 2870 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Are you a fan of contrast in pictures? If so, then check out the stark contrast between the amber waves of grain and the storm-ridden skies to the east in this shot of the MNPNY being led by UP 1989 just north of Fort Lupton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103783 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 33 Platteville, CO 3120 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Just south of MP 33, we find UP 1989 as the sole power (on the point, anyway) on the North Platte to North Yard manifest. Perhaps, in an alternate universe, there are hundreds of units painted like this running around on the rails... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103717 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 1860 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rio Grande While Amtrak does have its own sign identifying the Glenwood Depot, the old Rio Grande signage has withstood the test of time, looking very good hanging along the depot platform. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103716 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 1493 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Rio Grande The Amtrak sign along the station platform clearly indicates to passengers where they are! Presumably, this is more for the passengers on the arriving trains, as you'd hope the people already here know where they are... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103715 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 1618 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Rio Grande The ticket office inside the Glenwood Springs depot still has iron bars guarding the window, reminiscent of an earlier era. The depot is staffed from 9am to 7pm, as well as anytime Amtrak is running late outside those hours. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103714 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 1579 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Amtrak, Rio Grande Even though it hasn't been the official logo for Amtrak is over a decade, the Pointless Arrow still stands proudly on the sign outside the entrance to the depot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103713 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 23, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 360 (Glenwood) Glenwood Springs, CO 2119 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Glenwood Springs (UP) Rio Grande This is one of the most nostalgic buildings in the world for me! The depot at Glenwood Springs. When I was growing up, we took regular trips to Glenwood on the Rio Grande Zephyr (granted I was too young to remember) and later Amtrak. Something else very nostalgic that you don't really hear anymore is the sound of five EMD units pulling on an eastbound through Glenwood while swimming in the hot springs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103571 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 38 Platteville, CO 2373 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A few miles north of "downtown" Plateville, this local based out of La Salle has finished its switching for the day and is headed back north. Both GP40-2s on the train are ex-Rio Grande geeps. Prior to being patched, UP 1359 (on the point) was DRGW 3118. The second unit, UP 1348, was DRGW 3126. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103481 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS012 (East Leyden) Arvada, CO 2712 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Mother nature decided to mess with the citizens of the Front Range by letting a couple inches of snow fall overnight, halfway through May! UP 1989 has earned the nickname the "Vampire Unit" as it typically runs between Denver and Pueblo overnight. However, the Vampire Unit is out playing in the snow on this morning, making a trip on the Moffat to rescue an MRONY stalled out at Tabernash. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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