Photo ID: 100586 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 5, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Spur Arvada, CO 2621 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande One of only three remaining Rio Grande units on UP's roster (as of the time of this shooting), DRGW 3100 is one of three units on the Rocky Local, backing up past highway 72 late in the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100538 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 29, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Denver, CO 3769 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande One of the last three Rio Grande GP30's to be retired off the roster, DRGW 3006 was officially retired on December 23, 1998. By May of 1999, it was spotted in Burnham in storage. The unit was (as possibily is?) owned by Daniel Quiat, who will supposidly restore the paint and perhaps even get the unit in operational condition again. Over six years after being placed in storage, the unit remains… Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100536 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 32 Boulder, CO 2269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) Rio Grande, NREX Of course the sun was still high enough to create a nice line through this former Rio Grande SD40T-2. That's okay though, because when it comes to these units, you have to take what you can get! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100515 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 13, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 3340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Southern Pacific The Rocky Local slowly backs its way up the Rocky Spur while a westbound coal empty waits on the siding for a meet with an eastbound coal load coming out of Clay. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100514 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 13, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 2861 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande, Southern Pacific A very short westbound Rocky Local comes through Barbara's Gulch with two unpatched Rio Grande GP40-2's (DRGW 3129 and DRGW 3121), a patched Rio Grande GP40-2 (UP 1364, ex-DRGW 3109), and upatched Espee GP40-2 SP 7954. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100769 Date Shot Photo By July 2005 Dave Schaaf Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 3483 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Prior to receiving a patch from Union Pacific, DRGW 3097 has its trucks worked on in Burnham…not everyday you see a GP40-2 up on blocks! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100454 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Banning Banning, UT 4424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande A shot soon to never be had again. Two of the three remaining Grande Tunnel Motors work to pull the Dirt Train down the Sunnyside Subdivision to its destination of Banning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100453 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Mounds, UT 4466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande About two miles away from the main track at Mounds, the Dirt Train passes through this nice S-Curve on the Sunnyside Subdivision. The train is moving at 15 MPH heading toward its destination of Banning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100452 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 11, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash Wash, UT 3566 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rio Grande The heavy rains have created some very lush plants on the desert floor! Grande Tunnel Motors 5390 and 5371 (along with UP 7060) lead the eastbound Dirt Train out of the siding of Wash towards Mounds and the Sunnyside Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100447 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 10, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Mounds, UT 3274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande After dropping off loaded trash cars and picking up empty trash cars at "Banning" on the Sunnyside Sub, the Dirt Train is headed back to Helper between Mounds and Wash with UP 7060 leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100417 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle La Salle, CO 2330 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Rio Grande Rio Grande GP40-2 #3109 sits in its original paint with an as-delivered light package (with the exception of the ditch lights of course). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100416 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 15, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle La Salle, CO 3913 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Rio Grande While chasing a southbound coal empty, I happened to notice two Grande GP40-2's sitting side by side in the yard in La Salle! Notice that the 3109 still has a complete light package. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100411 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 3852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande DRGW 3128 is the seventh of seven geeps on the eastbound Rocky Local at Leyden. While the class lights have been removed, the MARS light is still in place. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100410 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 2870 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande DRGW 3121 is the fourth of seven geeps on the eastbound Rocky Local at Leyden. The phrase "hard work will set you free" has been written in white on the plate on the nose (where the MARS light used to be). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100409 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 19, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 2259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande DRGW 3126 is the third of seven geeps on the eastbound Rocky Local at Leyden. Note the complete light package still intact. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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