Photo ID: 100942 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989, the Rio Grande Heritage Unit, sits tied down on station track four at Denver Union Station. The unit was washed at Burnham two days earlier specifically for the Wheels and Motion Transportation Fair which took place on this day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100941 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2834 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Normally, I would never include a picture in the gallery with such an obvious and glaring eye sore obstructing the subject of the photo. However, considering it was the Rio Grande Heritage Unit (and considering it may never be at DUT again), I took the shot! Unit was on track four at the station for the Wheels and Motion Transporation Fair. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100940 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, September 14, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2609 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 makes a visit to Union Station in Denver for the Wheels and Motion Transportation Fair. UP 1989 was shut down and tied down with a handful of other cars including box cars, hoppers, and intermodal equipment on tracks three and four. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100928 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 2, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2968 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On a rather dull and overcast day, the sun was nice enough to come out for a few minutes right as I came across the Rio Grande Heritage Unit sitting amongst a string of power in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100912 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 3071 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The 48th street overpass offers a nice view of North Yard from the sidewalk. On this evening, UP 1989 was setup with two SD70M's preparing to lead the MNYPU south later in the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100911 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2981 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 sits amongst all the power in North Yard preparing to lead the MNYPU south later on this evening well after sunset. If you look closely, you'll note two patched DRGW GP40-2's near the top right side of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100906 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pactolus Golden, CO 1648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Amazing the things you sometimes find when you least expect too! It has been about four years since UP replaced the old Rio Grande signals (and control boxes) at Crescent with all-new equipment. Today, while scouting up around Pactolus (between Cliff and Rollins), I noticed the signal control shed for Crescent sitting about fifty feet away from the tracks amongst some trees! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100897 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 27, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 2261 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande With the work window currently keeping the Moffat closed up the hill, the Rocky Local does not need to worry about meeting any eastbounds as it enters the block on the main at Rocky. Just up ahead, the train will stop and back up the Rocky Spur to deliver its five hoppers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100896 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 27, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 2455 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The Rocky Local is currently being led by three GP40-2's. The first and third units are patched Rio Grande (UP 1445, ex-DRGW 3129 and UP 1344, ex-DRGW 3121) and the center unit is unpatched Espee GP40-2 7954. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100865 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2819 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The first time UP 1989 heads west on the Moffat, into the sunset at Crescent. Once it reaches Grand Junction, it will return to Denver and be placed back in service on the Joint Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100864 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 3060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande A nice, slightly elevated, roster shot of UP 1989 heading west through the siding at Crescent with a coal that it is meeting slowly moving east on the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100863 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Crescent Crescent, CO 2991 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Taking the siding at Crescent to await an eastbound coal load, the MNYGJX-06 crosses the grade crossing as the train it is meeting is (literally) just around the corner. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100861 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 Arvada, CO 3144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande For the first time ever, the Rio Grande Heritage unit is about to enter Tunnel One. It will be the first time the unit enters any tunnel on former Rio Grande rails. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100860 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 2578 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 and several variously-painted other units climb up the grade from Coal Creek Canyon toward Tunnel One. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100859 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 6, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Coal Creek Canyon Arvada, CO 3124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande The exhaust from the four active units on the train can be clearly seen against the bright western sky as we move closer and closer toward sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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