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Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 61
Ault, CO
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2558 (Add a Comment)
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Greeley (UP)
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Union Pacific, Rio Grande
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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.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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2940 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Rio Grande
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Talk about a blast from the past! This was one of the last Rio Grande GP30's to be retired off the roster. This unit almost saw action in the 21st century, being retired on July 23, 1998. It has been sitting here in Burnham ever since, waiting for its new (private) owner to find a permanent home for it. The unit survived for nearly 37 years, seeing its first action in April of 1962.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Shops
Denver, CO
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2251 (Add a Comment)
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific, Rio Grande
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Every locomotives that comes out of either Erie, PA (GE) or London, ON (EMD) has a unique serial number stamped somewhere on the frame (called a frame number). This can be useful for railfans because, if a frame number can be found, the original unit to roll out of the factory can then be identified. Here is the frame number on UP 1350 (originally DRGW 3100). The number is 7360-7.
(Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club)
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