Photo ID: 105411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1745 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is definitely a very interesting lashup of power. This train just came in off the Brush Sub with a pair of GP39Ms (rebuilt from GP35s) and a pair of CSX AC4400CWs. The cars were dropped in the yard and the power is now headed for the House for fuel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1859 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The car on the left is part of a larger machine used in washing ballast. Not entirely sure why this piece was sitting near BNSF's Engine House. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1756 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Until recently, BNSF's GP60s were in the 8700 number range. They were moved in to the 159 number range in order to make room for new power. This new number range puts the GP60s adjacent to the (originally Warbonnet) GP60Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2251 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CITX A colorful trio of (classic) power sits near BNSF's Engine House. This includes a blue SD60 leasor, a blue and yellow GP60 (recently renumbered to 166 to make room for newer power in the roster), and a cascade green SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cherokee Power Plant Denver, CO 1741 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This scene can only be duplicated for another two years or so from the time of this picture. UP power is working on assembling the "Public Service" coal train. One remaining generator at Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station in Denver is powered by coal. Two others have already been shut down and replaced by natural gas. The final generator powered by coal will make the switch to natural gas by 2017, according to Xcel. Once that happens, the Cherokee Plant will no longer be a customer of UP, eliminating (roughly) 6-8 coal trains (that counts loads and empties) from the Moffat per week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105377 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Swan Ranch Industrial Park Laramie County, WY 2088 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots WAMX A colorful pair of units being used by the Swan Ranch Railroad south of Cheyenne. WAMX 4200 was originally an SD40, but has been upgraded (internally) to an SD40-2. The Wisconsin & Southern unit is an SD40-2 without dynamic brakes. They are both working at the Swan Ranch Industrial Park, switching out cars and interchanging with UP and BNSF as needed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105376 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Swan Ranch Industrial Park Laramie County, WY 2342 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots WAMX A new industrial park, called "Swan Ranch Industrial Park", opened south of Cheyenne in 2011. The industrial park has access to both UP and BNSF, as well as I-25 and I-80. The industrial park will have its own shortline railroad, called the Swan Ranch Railroad. Currently, they have a couple of leased units. This SD40T-2 is one of the leasors. The shortened fuel tank indicates that it was clearly, at one point, a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor! Indeed that is correct. This was originally DRGW 5395. It went to UP 4018 on March 26, 1999. Just over a year later, it then was renumbered UP 8588 on April 10, 2000. Next up, on January 30, 2007, it went to UP 9869. This occurred shortly before being retired by UP. Good to see it has found new life in leasing service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105326 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leadville Leadville, CO 2591 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSRR The Colorado and Southern once had a narrow gauge line that ran from Denver to Leadville. The line was too steep and narrow to be converted to standard gauge and it was ultimately abandoned. However, roughly a ten mile stretch of the line was converted to standard gauge between Leadville and the Molybdenum mine at Climax. The C&S handled all the mine traffic and then interchanged with the Rio Grande. This was one of the last holdouts for steam on the C&S as the engine used for switching was the steam engine seen here, used well into the 1950s. As you can see, the engine was preserved and donated to the town of Leadville. It is no longer operable, but sits outside of the Leadville depot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105312 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Buena Vista Buena Vista, CO 3190 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CMR This picture was taken along County Road 371 west (geographically north) of Buena Vista. These tunnels were not created for the road. This is actually part of the original grade of the Colorado Midland Railway. The "Midland" started in Colorado Springs and departed west, climbing over Hayden Divide and Trout Creek Pass before arriving in Buena Vista alongside the Rio Grande. At Crystal Lake, the Midland turned west and went over the Continental Divide at Hagerman Pass. The three passes and the steep grades (in excess of 4% in places) ultimately led to the downfall of the Midland. It was abandoned in 1918 and the tracks were ripped out in 1920. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105277 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 2618 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge The Royal Gorge Route Railroad has managed to acquire this Missouri Pacific caboose #13554. Other than some graffiti, the caboose appears to be in pretty good condition! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105276 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 2467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge I believe these commuter passenger cars came from the Chicago area. They actually sat for years in Union Pacific's North Yard in Denver. Finally, after being purchased by the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, they were moved down to Canon City. They are now sitting in the yard at Canon City, waiting to possibly be refurbished at some date in the future. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105275 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 2461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge Former Rio Grande caboose #01516 sits in the yard in Canon City. There is a fair amount of various debris laying along the tracks. The caboose is coupled to a pair of old and rather dilapidated passenger cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105274 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 2812 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge Sitting a few hundred feet away from each other, the Royal Gorge Route's pair of F7As sit idle in the yard in Canon City. It is pretty cool that the Royal Gorge Route decided to honor Rio Grande by painting the F-units in a replica of the "one stripe" scheme that Rio Grande units wore decades ago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105273 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 2276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge The second of two F7As (and the sole F7B) on The Royal Gorge Route's roster sits in the small yard in Canon City. Not entirely sure how long they have been sitting here, but most like they have some mechanical issues that must be tended to prior to the old covered wagons be used on the train again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105272 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 11, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cañon City Yard Canon City, CO 3173 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Canon City and Royal Gorge The Royal Gorge Route Railroad owns three F7s (to F7As and an F7B). All three are of Chicago Northwestern heritage. The three are not currently running, perhaps due to mechanical issues. Here, F7A #402 sits with a pair of passengers cars east of the depot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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