Photo ID: 101185 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 Arvada, CO 3271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande Problem with one of the three F40's (SKTX 289) typically used on the Ski Train resulted in a rare treat! UP loaned the Rio Grande Heritage Unit to the Ski Train for the weekend to assist with the pull. Here, under crystal clear blue skies, the train is about to duck into Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101184 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 Arvada, CO 3062 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande Climbing up from Coal Creek Canyon, UP 1989 leads the Ski Train on the approach to Tunnel 1. Wind here was sustained at about 15 MPH with gusts as high as 50 MPH! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101183 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 4, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Blue Mountain Arvada, CO 4127 (6 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande High winds (for the third straight day) have created some snow drifts along the tracks. The tracks just west of the grade crossing at Blue Mountain are at the base of a hill. Snow blows right off the hill and onto the tracks. No problem though. UP 1989 relocates one of the drifts on the point of the Ski Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101177 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 3, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Denver, CO 1997 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A couple of the Rio Grande GP40-2s that received a yellow patch on either side of the cab have actually been completed repainted recently. Such is the case with UP 1364 (ex-DRGW 3109), sitting near the yard office at UP's 36th Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101174 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 3, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 2823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande It seems to be rare enough to catch UP 1989 out in daylight, but it was a special treat to find it leading the Ski Train! Here, the train is passing through Leyden near Alkire Estates. Ralston Valley High School, Arvada's newest High School, is visible on the right side of image just over half way up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101173 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 3, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2587 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande On a windy, overcast Saturday morning, UP 1989 leads the Ski Train west through Leyden on the way to Winter Park. UP 1989 is temporarily filling in for SKTX 289, the third F40PH. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101172 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 3, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (DS012) Arvada, CO 2495 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Ski Train, Rio Grande One of the three F40PH's used on the Ski Train - SKTX 289 - had some bearing problems and was sent to Burnham for repairs. The stars aligned just right and the Rio Grande Heritage Unit was available. Here, UP 1989 leads the train west through Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101165 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 1955 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande This is, unfortunately, the best shot that I could get of UP 9860, formerly DRGW 5516. This unit has seen several paint scheme and several numbers since being delivered to the Grande in 1984. It started, of course, as DRGW 5516. It was later painted in the Espee fly letter scheme and numbered SP 5516. After the UP merger, it was the first former Grande SD50 to be repainted (November 14, 1997) and received the number UP 5110. That latest until August 8, 2002 when its number was changed to UP 9860. Here it sits in temporary storage at the Burnham shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101164 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Denver, CO 1854 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The design of the EMD's spartan cab, first seen on the GP35's, is definitely my favorite of any cab. While there were some minor changes over the years, the spartan cab remained basically the same all the way through the standard cab SD70's, when wide cabs started appearing. Here, UP 8601 (ex-DRGW 5410) sits idling in 36th street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101163 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 20, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Denver, CO 2272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Do you recognize this face? Baby wings throwing you off perhaps? Prior to August of 2001, you definitely would have known the face of DRGW 5410! This former Grande T-2 has received a full repaint, including the previously mentioned baby wings and the "lightning bolt" on the long hood. The unit was idling away in the 36th street yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101152 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 8.5 Arvada, CO 2613 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 hustles west on the point of the MNYPV-08. The door on the long hood is open because the crew was checking for an extra jumper cable at the request of DS-86. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101151 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 8.5 Arvada, CO 2577 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The MNYPV-08 heads west through Arvada with the Rio Grande Heritage Unit, UP 1989, on the point. The train is making track speed on the approach to Carr Street, just west of Old Wadsworth Blvd. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101150 Date Shot Photo By Monday, January 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada (DS007) Arvada, CO 2959 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 makes only its third run west on the Moffat since it was unveiled in Denver in July. At Lamar street in Arvada (just shy of DS007), the train came to a stop for about 90 minutes while waiting for a second crew to come out of Denver. The second crew was for a westbound tied down in the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101149 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 37.5 Larkspur, CO 3045 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Rio Grande As the sun gets very low in the western sky, UP 1989 and the MPUNY-06 head north at track speed near Tomah Road. The train would arrive at North Yard about an hour later, nearly 24 hours after departing the yard in Pueblo. High traffic volumes were the cause of the delay. The single track through Colorado Springs is a huge bottle neck on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101148 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Palmer Lake Palmer Lake, CO 2869 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Normally, UP 1989 would make the run from Pueblo to Denver in the pitch black. The manifest usually passes through the community of Palmer Lake sometime between 1:00am and 2:00am. High levels of traffic delayed the train enough the prior day that it passed through Palmer Lake in daylight on this particular Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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