Photo ID: 103096 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 2246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Here's the face of a rather unique unit. In the 1950's and 1960's, Union Pacific took delivery of a total of 54 turbine locomotives. The units lasted about 15 years and only two are preserved today. One of them is at the Utah State Railway Museum in Ogden, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103095 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 3499 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande A look at the face of the only Rio Grande SD40-2 (to date) that will be preserved. The original number boards on 5371 went missing when the unit was sent to Cheyenne after it was retired in 2008. Union Pacific was good enough to find it some really nice replacements! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103094 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 3019 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande You may or may not be aware that every unit that is produced by either EMD or GE has a unique frame number. If you can find the frame number, you can (theoretically) find which unit it originally belonged to. 756046-16 is the frame number for DRGW 5371. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103093 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 3292 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande It's nice to know that at least one Rio Grande Tunnel Motor will be preserved. Union Pacific donated DRGW 5371 to the Utah State Railway Museum in Ogden, UT. Unfortunately, the museum does not have a lot of funds and the Tunnel Motor may never be restored to a "pristine" condition. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103092 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 3067 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The crew that spotted DRGW 5371 on track one at Ogden's Union Station (the location of the Utah State Railway Museum) did a fantastic job spotting it just perfectly so that it was in direct sunlight in the morning! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103091 Date Shot Photo By Friday, August 21, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah State Railway Museum Ogden, UT 4234 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Guess what unit made its way to Ogden in August 2009? Our old friend DRGW 5371, the only un-patched Rio Grande unit on Union Pacific's roster before being retired. It had been in Cheyenne, WY for over year, but has been moved to the Utah State Railway Museum. Union Pacific donated the unit to the museum. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103090 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, August 20, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Industrial Lead Salt Lake City, UT 2709 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Utah Railway Came across this Utah Railway GP40 sitting around on the western side of Salt Lake City. It didn't appear to be on, but there were a number of rail cars in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103062 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 1993 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Okay everybody, why is it important to not race the train to the grade crossing? About two weeks earlier, a tanker truck loaded with Ethanol attempted to beat this SD40-2 to a grade crossing. The result was a huge fireball and a lot of heat! Amazingly, nobody was hurt in the incident. The SD40-2 was doing local switching. It had no cars at the time and was running long hood forward, which is no doubt what saved the crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103061 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2075 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Union Pacific A trio of units sit near BNSF's engine shop in Denver as a (somewhat unusual) morning storm moves in toward Denver from the southwest. An interesting note about UP 5701. That was the number ex-Rio Grande GP60 #3155 was originally slated to get in UP's roster. However, the GP60s were moved into the 1900-number series before the unit could actual pick up the number. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103060 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2044 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This is a little bit of an odd sight! A UP C44AC-CTE is poking its head out of BNSF's engine shop in Denver. BNSF was borrowing the unit from UP, and at this moment the unit was being used to drag a unit out of the engine facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103057 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 3473 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific In the foreground, UP 1989 and Amtrak 6 back down the passenger lead into Union Station. In the distance, the Colorado Rockies play the Pittsburgh Pirates at Coors Field. The Pirates would go on to win, 7-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103056 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2973 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr, led by UP 1989, backs down the passenger lead and into Union Station. Sure wish there had been a bit more water gathered in that pool on the ground! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103055 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 3243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific Arriving in Denver just a few minutes late, the California Zephyr is led by UP 1989 into BNSF's 31st Street Yard. The train will then back down the passenger lead into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103023 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 2 Denver, CO 3112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In an effort to get a good view looking down the tracks, two of UP's steam team look out the fireman's side window of UP 844. The train is running down the outbound track through UP's 36th Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103018 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 Denver, CO 2337 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After a great run (in both directions) another year of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Steam Train is in the books. Black and white felt right for this shot as the train back over Broadway and past Coors Field, into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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