Photo ID: 103417 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2146 (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: 103415 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 3073 (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: 103414 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2276 (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: 103413 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 61 Ault, CO 2609 (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: 103328 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 28, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 74 (Colorado Springs) Colorado Springs, CO 2371 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Rio Grande When it is not out on the road, you can always count on finding Union Pacific's Colorado Springs switch sitting just north of the depot on the east side of the siding in the Spring. Here, a patch Cotton Belt GP40-2 and a freshly repainted Rio Grande caboose (01513) sit waiting for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103292 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A former Rio Grande crane sits along with other Maintenance of Way equipment on some storage tracks on the west side of Burnham. All this equipment is now privately owned and is being stored on some tracks leased from Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103291 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2974 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande 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) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103287 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2305 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande 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) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103286 Date Shot Photo By Friday, February 19, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2685 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On the north side of the Burnham Shops, we find this friendly face hanging out waiting for some final servicing! This was DRGW 3100, the very last Rio Grande geep to get a UP patch. That happened just over four years prior to this picture, on January 31, 2006. (Photo taken with Union Pacific Permission during an official tour with the Rocky Club) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103198 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Tolland, CO 3040 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande One last shot of UP 1989 leading the westbound Snow Bus, sitting on the siding at East Portal. The train is scheduled to head west to Phippsburg, CO. This will mark the first time the Rio Grande Heritage unit has ever traveled on the Craig Branch. This will mean that the Rio Grande Heritage unit will have finally traveled on all of its namesake major routes, save Tennessee Pass (which no unit has run on in well over 10 years). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103197 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 49 Tolland, CO 3700 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande About a quarter of a mile away from the Moffat Tunnel, this Snow Bus has come to a stop on the siding at East Portal. DS-82 has informed the train that they will be meeting at least one (and possibly two) trains here before they will get their change to run through the tunnel. The temperature outside for this shot was a rather brisk 2°F (-17°C)... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103196 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 43 (CP DS043) Rollinsville, CO 2519 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After getting the switch at west Rollins clear of snow and ice, UP 1989 and crew met an eastbound coal load, seen here taking the siding at Rollins. UP 1989 was originally going to meet the train at Tolland, but a frozen switch at west Rollins changes the location of the meet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103194 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 43 (CP DS043) Rollinsville, CO 3640 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande I was very lucky to be able to get this shot. The Snow Bus was running well ahead of me (hindered by slow speeds on icy roads). However, the switch heater at west Rollins was not working and the switch was out of correspondence. UP 1989 had to stop so the conductor could walk up to the switch and swing/pick the snow out of the switch points, allowing me to grab a couple of nice shots, like this one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103192 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 23 Arvada, CO 3526 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A good look at UP's Snow Bus as it makes its way west on the Moffat. A freshly painted bay window caboose is used to shuttle crews via the rails to and from trains that need a crew change in bad weather. UP 1989 (the Rio Grande Heritage Unit) and an SD9043MAC sandwich the caboose, allowing the train to easily move in either direction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 6, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 12 (CP DS012) Arvada, CO 3574 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande On days when the forecast calls for heavy snow in the mountains, UP will often dispatch a "Snow Bus" train west out of Denver. If roads are impassible and a crew needs to be relieved on a train, the Snow Bus will use the rails to pick up the old crew and replace it with a fresh crew. Here, the Snow Bus at Leyden is led by UP 1989. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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