Rio Grande: Royal Gorge / Moffat Tunnel - Scenic Line of the World. And a bunch of gray…didn't see that coming!
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The tarp start to come off the nose first. Several people help to get it up over the nose…is that black under there?
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The tarp is about to come off of UP 1989 and everyone will see what lies beneath for the first time.
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The Rio Grande Heritage Unit as seen from Kalamath Street on the other (east) side of the UP compound.
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Four days after this picture was taken, the tarp would be lifted and the scheme of the Rio Grande Heritage Unit would be seen.
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If we were to compare the front of the Rio Grande Heritage Unit to the front of an F7A, I wonder how close the Aspen Gold would match!?
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Forgive the fence rising up into the picture, but there was (unfortunately) no way around it. Aspen Gold covers the front of UP 1989, although it is interesting to note that the ditch lights are black!
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UP 1989, with tarp still tightly on, sits at the end of a stub track with four UP business cars just west of North Yard.
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The Rio Grande Heritage Unit, UP 1989, is tightly covered by a tarp until it is unveiled for the world to see on June 17, 2006.
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UP 5245 is a very special GP40-2. At the time of the picture, it was one of the few GP40-2's that hadn't been moved to the 1300-1500 number range. It is also the first Rio Grande unit to be patched and painted in UP colors. Until 1997, this was DRGW 3122! Note the plates on the nose where the MARS and class lights were once located…
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Due for a standard 92-day inspection, UP 1445 (formerly DRGW 3129) sits among other units in Burnham.
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Near the yard office in UP's 36th street yard, several different sets of units sit waiting for yard assignments. Among the units is UP 1352, formerly DRGW 3097!
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Up until August 12, 2005, this was DRGW 3109. While it is unfortunately that it now wears a large yellow patch, at least it still has a complete light package! Here, the unit is idling quietly in UP's 36th Street Yard.
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It is about a half hour after sunset as the signals at east Leyden turn on in anticipation of the approaching Ski Train.
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The Rocky Local back up the spur toward the former site of Rocky Flats. The train has SP 7954, DRGW 3100, and UP 5245 for power, plus 20 cars going along for the ride. UP 5245 was first-ever Rio Grande unit to be patched or painted. It is former DRGW 3122.
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