Photo ID: 100151 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 3060 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande With the sun moving toward the western horizon, the Rocky Local returns eastbound rather late (near 7pm) on this the first day of May. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100150 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, May 1, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky Arvada, CO 2361 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande The Rocky Local, which runs west out of Denver on Tuesday's and Thursday's, is backing down the Rocky Spur toward the mainline. For many months, UP GP60s 1900 and 1901 (formerly Rio Grande 3154 and 3155) have worked the Rocky Local with a Rio Grande GP40-2 spliced in between. On this day, DRGW 3100 gets the duty. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100130 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Mounds, UT 2772 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sunnyside (UP) Rio Grande No longer on the mainline, the Dirt Train is now "creeping" along at 15 MPH on the Sunnyside Subdivision. This spur used to lead to a mine near the town of Sunnyside, but its sole purpose now is to serve the Dirt Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100129 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds Mounds, UT 2703 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rio Grande On a cloudy day in the desert, the Dirt Train is approaching the siding at Mounds. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100128 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Mounds to Wash (MP 603.9 to MP 610.1) Wash, UT 2600 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rio Grande The Dirt Train, led by DRGW 5349, is just coming east out of the siding of Wash. The train will run another nine miles to Mounds before leaving the mainline behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100127 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2729 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande Three years ago, you could find as many as 13 Rio Grande Tunnel Motors in Helper. That number had dropped to four at the time this picture was taken. The four T-2s are switching, preparing to take the Dirt Train east toward Sunnyside. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100126 Date Shot Photo By Friday, March 14, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3006 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande The best paint scheme any engine ever wore! I particularly like the burn marks just below the dynamic brake intakes! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100114 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 18, 2003 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Platte North Platte, NE 3142 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A Tunnel Motor in a sea of yellow! DRGW 5401 was sitting in what appeared to be a "dead line" in North Platte. Fortunately, however, the unit was reactived by Union Pacific and put back into revenue service after this photo was taken. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100099 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 3374 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande No doubt the most famous F-unit on the Rio Grande roster, F9 5771 now sits in the Colorado Railroad Museum. It has been fully restored in the four-stripe paint scheme (which it never actually wore in active service!). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100093 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Unknown 2920 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rio Grande The control stand for Rio Grande GP60 3154. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100092 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, October 24, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden Arvada, CO 2648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande On a completely overcast day, the Rocky Local takes the siding with UP 1900 (former DRGW 3154) and UP 1901 (former DRGW 3155). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 20, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 26 2554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rio Grande On September 30, 1991, an eastbound freight train hit a boulder that was on the rocks in front of Tunnel 26. Unfortunately, Conductor Edward George West and Brakeman John I. Beaird lost their lives. A plaque was added on the west portal of Tunnel 26 in their honor. While insignificant next to human lives, the 3115 and 3010 etched in the tunnel portal represent the numbers of the two Rio Grande engines that were destroyed in the accident. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100048 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 8, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT 2749 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande You may not want to enlarge this picture! Unfortunately, Rio Grande caboose 01503 has fallen victim to spray cans... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100047 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 8, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 2812 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Provo (UP) Rio Grande On a beautiful June afternoon, the four Rio Grande Tunnel Motors perform some work in the yard at Helper before tying up for the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100046 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 8, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Wash (11,240 ft) Carbon County, UT 2837 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Green River (UP) Rio Grande The dirt train is not making a run all the way to Sunnyside on this particular day. Instead, the Rio Grande tunnel motors will drop off the cars for the dirt train on the siding at Wash for temporary storage. After leaving the cars behind, the tunnel motors will run back to Helper light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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