On their way into 36th Street Yard, these units are approaching York Street. Note the numbers on the units...UP 1348 and UP 1349! The units are former Rio Grande GP40-2's, DRGW 3126 and DRGW 3128 respectively. The units were both Rio Grande as recently as April 2005.
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For the past month or so, UP 1901 (ex-DRGW 3155) has been hanging out in the Denver area, running on a few locals. The unit was spotted on the ready track on the west side of North Yard on this April evening.
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At the far south end of North Yard (in Denver), you'll find Fox Junction. Here, UP has two main tracks that head south. One heads for the Joint Line and the other collides with BNSF tracks at Prospect Junction and lead to Union Station. I have always liked the dwarf signals found here at Fox Junction, this particular signal found on the UP Outbound Track.
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The current power for the Rocky and South Locals sits idling in North Yard near the Yard Office. UP 1901 (ex-DRGW 3155) has been on the local along with a former Cotton Belt GP40-2 and a former Southern Pacific GP60 for the last week.
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For nearly three years, UP 1901 (ex-DRGW 3155) has been working on locals out of Pueblo. On March 11, the unit came north on the MPUNY for a 92-day inspection. Once released, it stayed in Denver rather than being sent back down to Pueblo. So, on March 15, it was on the Rocky Local for the first time in about three years!
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The Rocky Local is headed east (geographic south), back toward the mainline at Rocky. This shot was taken at the grade crossing at the (former) west entrance to Rocky Flats. Now that the plant is closed, the guard station has been removed, and the public is free to access the crossing.
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The Rocky Local is headed back east at restricted speed on the Rocky spur. The trains is coming from the Lafarge Cement plant, seen to the left, and is headed back toward the mainline at Rocky. UP 1901 (ex-DRGW 3155) is leading the local for the first time in about three years.
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A roster shot of UP 1989 in some nice afternoon light as it leads the MPUNY-25 north through South Denver. The elevated platform behind 1989 carries the Regional Transportation District's (RTD's) Light Rail line south to Littleton.
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Running rather late, the northbound MPUNY-25 is moving north on Main 2 past Evans Avenue. The train left Pueblo (about 110 miles south) the night before and barely made it past Colorado Springs before the crew died. The train was tied down on Monument siding until today when a new crew took the train north into Denver.
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What do these three units have in common? Well, aside from the obvious that is! Of course they are all geeps and they are all on the active UP roster. But can you figure out something a little less obvious that they have in common? You can post your guess by clicking here and leaving a comment. I'll post the answer in a few days if nobody gets it correct!
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Still in pretty decent shape, UP 1352 (ex-DRGW 3097) sits with class lights still installed near the yard office at 36th street. DRGW 3097 - the last Grande geep in the 30xx range - finished its Rio Grande life as the Colorado Springs switcher back in 2005.
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The Ski Train, led by UP 1989 makes its way out of the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District (Tunnel 29) and crosses the bridge at MP 36.5. The tracks cross South Boulder Creek at this location for most of the remainder of the trip west to the Moffat Tunnel.
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Unfortunately, the clouds didn't quite cooperate with me here. There was sun further up the mountain and further down too! Regardless, UP 1989 leads on the point of the Ski Train as the train enters the siding at Plain for a meet with an eastbound coal load.
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The Ski Train twists it way into the siding at Plain to meet with an eastbound coal load that is currently up near Tunnel 10. Due to mechanical problems with SKTX 289, UP 1989 has been borrowed from UP to help for the day.
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The Ski Train, led by the Rio Grande Heritage Unit UP 1989, emerges from a thick fog that has engulfed the Denver-Metro area. By the time the train reaches Clay it will have climbed completely out of the fog.
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