Photo ID: 101751 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 1, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2405 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The current power for the South Local and the Rocky Local sits near the yard office in North Yard. This is very close to the spot that Rio Grande regularly kept a pair of GP30s. Case-in-point is this photo from 1988. This is the oldest picture that I personally shot that I have on my site! I had just turned nine years old had a point-and-shoot camera for this particular shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101748 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 1, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 2769 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande It's been years since I last recalling seeing class lights illuminated on a unit, but UP 1344 just happened to have (white) class lights fired up while sitting in the yard at UP's 36th Street in Denver. It was nearly two years ago (Dec 17, 2005) that DRGW 3121 was patched and changed to UP 1344. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101712 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 9.7 Arvada, CO 2198 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Seeing how these old signals are quickly on their way out, I wanted to make sure I got a shot of them before they inevitably disappear. In the pre-UP era, that lower target on the signal on the right would display a lunar aspect, indicating a grade (restricting) signal. Today, the yellow G-Plate has been added (indicating a grade signal), and the lower target displays yellow, for a yellow-over-yellow aspect, if a train is going in the hole at Leyden (Approach Diverging). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101703 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding Arvada, CO 2211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande A closeup shot of the axle-mounted generator on Rio Grande caboose 01490. The more modern cabooses took advantage of the turning of the wheels to turn a generator to charge the batteries for power. I don't know if the generator still works, but the equipment to power it on the outside is still in place. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding Arvada, CO 2810 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande In this view of caboose DRGW 01490, you can see a bit of the original one-stripe scheme coming through the black "age" of the caboose. Some have speculated that the P-Burg local (running west out of P-Burg) will use the caboose for its moves. Reportedly, the interior of the caboose has been revamped, although the emergency brake valve has been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101701 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 18, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada Siding Arvada, CO 2461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande 1977 or 2007!? It may be a bit grungy and the original paint may be almost completely covered, but this is in fact DRGW 01490. A steel caboose built in August 1959. The caboose was on the back of the MNYPH-18, tied down on the Arvada Siding a few miles west of North Yard. The caboose is going to Phippsburg, the exact reason is not known. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101679 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1662 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande With the classic Grande signals quickly fading, I wanted to make sure to get a shot of the manufacturer of the signal clearly visible. General Railway Signal Co, Rochester, NY. Made in USA! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101678 Date Shot Photo By Friday, November 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 1708 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande I'm shocked that this signal is still standing at the east end of Leyden. It is now one of only six such signals still in operation between C&S Junction and the east end of the Moffat Tunnel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101636 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 2169 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Rio Grande, Union Pacific Just outside the Colorado Springs depot, UP 1350 idles away, partly in the shade. This is UP's Colorado Springs switcher, which is used each weekday. Until January 2006, this GP40-2 was DRGW 3100 - the last four-axle Rio Grande unit to be patched! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101564 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 2676 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The Colorado Springs local appears to be staged and ready to roll at Colorado Springs. I thought it was interesting to find a caboose cut into the consist two cars back! UP 1350 was DRGW 3100 until January 2006. It was one of the last GP40-2's to get patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101563 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 25, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crews Fountain, CO 1883 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Rio Grande, Santa Fe Who would have thought that such a sign could still be found in 2007? At Crews, the southbound main breaks away from the northbound main (it is the diverging route). Temporarily, both tracks are owned by BNSF. Once on the original DRGW alignment, the southbound main switch ownership - today it goes back to UP. Once upon a time, it was (of course) Rio Grande. This sign still stands at Crews, showing the old ownerships. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101542 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 24, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 3207 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A waxing gibbous moon rise over Union Station while UP 1989 sits on Track 3 behind UP 844. Tomorrow, the units along with the UP passenger cars behind them will make the 240-mile round-trip from Denver to Pueblo and back for the 2007 Colorado State Fair. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101473 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2505 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande 1992 or 2007? Except for the large yellow patches and incorrect numbers on all three of these GP40-2s, this images could almost pass as one right out of the past! These three geeps are switching a few cars around in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101472 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 3230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande In the foreground, UP 1344 (ex-DRGW 3121) switches covered hoppers on some yard tracks in North Yard. In the distance, the MNPNY comes into North Yard (on Track 7) from the Belt Line at the north end of the yard. If you look closely, note the Rio Grande Heritage Unit is fourth in the consist of the MNPNY! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101470 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Junction (DS902) Denver, CO 2998 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After leaving the Greeley Subdivision behind, the MNPNY slowly makes its way toward North Yard on the Belt Line. Here, the Rio Grande Heritage Unit (fourth in the consist) crosses over a branch of the South Platte River. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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