Photo ID: 111202 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Perhaps the best shot of UP 4014 I have to date, the engine has just crossed underneath I-70 as it pulls south on one of the south leads for North Yard. The train is going to back into North Yard, specifically into Track 9 to pick up a string of UP freight cars for the journey north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111201 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 351 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific You can see a lot of railfans (or, at least, steam fans) lining the overpass on 48th Avenue as UP 4014 pulls out of the storage track at North Yard. Soon, it will back down into Track 9 and pick up a string of freight cars for the trip to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111200 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 311 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 rolls past a crowd of folks gathered near the North Yard office, preparing to departing north for Cheyenne. I love the Colorado flag the steam crew has mounted on the engine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111199 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After spending two nights in Denver, UP 4014 is slowly pulling out from one of the tracks near the North Yard office. Imagine a time when a scene like this at North Yard was a daily occurrence! Granted, Rio Grande never had any Big Boys, but the idea of steam moving around North Yard is a fun one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111198 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Steaming up! UP's 83-year-old Big Boy steam engine is coming to life. Shortly, it will pull out of this track near the North Yard yard office and proceed north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111196 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's MGJNY has arrived in North Yard. After dropping off some cars in Track 5, the remainder of the train is being backed into Track 4. After clearing in Track 4, the power will wait for UP 4014, sitting back near the yard office, to back in to Track 9. Then, the power here will go to the fuel tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111173 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 599 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande It had been many years since I had taken any shots of DRGW 5771 at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The weather was perfect, so I figured it was time to get a recent shot! DRGW 5771 was, of course, the final FA unit to be retired off Rio Grande's roster. It ran on the Rio Grande Zephyr until its end in April 1983. It spent 1984 working on low priority work trains before being completely retired. The good folks at the Colorado Railroad Museum have restored it in Rio Grande four stripe paint scheme. Ironically enough, the F9A itself never wore this paint scheme. But it still looks mighty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111172 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 562 (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 717 (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 580 (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 636 (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 296 (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 287 (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 252 (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 245 (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.

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