Photo ID: 104735 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 3136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CREX, BNSF Due to a huge boom in the demand to haul oil by rail, BNSF has found itself with a bit of a power shortage. As such, a lot of CitiRail leasers have appeared on the property to help cover the gaps. Here is one such unit with its overly-colorful nose and underly-colorful body. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104734 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I always enjoy getting a shot of power hanging around the yard from time-to-time. 20 years ago, this should would have been completely dominated by cascade green. Today, orange rules. Wonder what it will look like in another 20 years... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104733 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1737 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A fair amount of power is hanging out near the "house", ready for assignment. BNSF's picture-window observation car sits nearby as well. You can see Coors Fields in the background, home of the red-hot (at the time of this photo) Colorado Rockies. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104584 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1622 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots KYLE I'm not huge into rolling stock, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to nab a quick shot of this blue-schemed "Route Rock" Rock Island boxcar. It is now owned by the KYLE railroad and has, unfortunately, fallen victim to some heavy tagging. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104583 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1528 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Hostlers move a cut of units from the servicing tracks to the ready tracks in North Yard. UP 7050 was delivered as an AC6000CW but has since been converted to a 4400 HP unit as redesignated as a C44/60AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104582 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1636 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Since coal tends to dominate the scene in Denver, AC units tend to be quite a bit more common that DC units. Still, DC units find their way to town on other trains such as manifests. This C44-9W sits quietly outside the North Yard engine shop, the victim of some light "tagging" on the long hood. This particular unit started life wearing the Chicago North Western lightning scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104579 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Havana Street Aurora, CO 1699 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Regional Transportation District This shot looks east along RTD's future "East Line" commuter line from Union Station to DIA. The shot looks at the Havana Street grade crossing. Although no wire has been erected yet, most of the catenary poles are up along either side of the tracks. UP's Limon Sub is off to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104578 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Havana Street Denver, CO 1698 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Regional Transportation District Construction of RTD's "East Line", the commuter line from Union Station to Denver International Airport, is reported as being 60% complete. Just west of Havana Street, you can see that the westbound track (to the right) is fully ballasted. The eastbound track (to the left/center) has largely been laid, but no ballast has been added yet. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104565 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2111 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande During the end of its active life, DRGW 3011 was relegated to "B-Unit" status. This essentially meant that the unit was not capable of leading a consist and could only be used as a trailing unit. While it certainly needs some work, the classic GP30 cab looks mighty fine from the side. Good to know that one of these will be preserved. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104564 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2039 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Rio Grande GP30 #3011 spent 32 years on the active roster. It was built in May 1962 and worked until 1994, six years after the DRGW/Espee merger. It is now 52 years old and sits quietly next to the roundhouse at the Colorado Railroad Museum. One day, it'll have its turn at restoration! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104563 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1951 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande At the back of the long hood of GP30 DRGW 3011, we find a fan used as part of the cooling of the prime mover. Although in this case, it has probably been close to 20 years since this fan has been used! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104562 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A lot of the components of DRGW 3011, such as the headlights, class lights, number boards and plow, have been removed. The team at the museum will keep them safe and out of the elements until such a time as the unit is restored to look like it did in its glory days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104561 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2039 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The gauge on the fuel tank of DRGW 3011 (on the conductor's side) has lost its needle! Not that it is needed as the 2,600 gallon tank is no doubt dry as a bone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104560 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2488 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The 16 cylinder EMD 567D3 of DRGW 3011 sits visible and silent as the doors along the long hood quietly creak due to a light morning breeze. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104559 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 23, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2039 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande 20 years ago, in 1994, Espee retired GP30 DRGW 3011. In 1995, they sold the unit to OmniTRAX who stored the unit in Wichita, KS until 2000. In mid-2001, it was moved to Loveland, CO where it sat for another year. In 2002, it was donated by OmniTRAX to the Colorado Railroad Museum. 10 years ago, in 2004, the unit was moved to the museum. For the time being, it sits on the east side of the roundhouse, awaiting its turn at restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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