Photo ID: 113638 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP passenger special is tied down in the siding here at Fraser. You can see the Fraser platform along the main, and the depot across the street in the background. The Winter Park Express had its last weekend last week, so the siding at Fraser was not in use. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113637 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific If you haven't seen UP's newest "official" paint scheme yet, here it is! One thing you likely will immediately notice is that the wings have been removed from the nose in favor of the classic UP shield. My best guess is that the wings have been removed for monetary reasons, as the shield is much smaller. In any case, a pair of C44ACMs sit on the point of an eastbound passenger special, now tied down in the siding at Fraser. I was hoping for a side-by-side shot here with the eastbound Zephyr, but the Zephyr departed about 15 minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113636 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser (4,830 ft) Fraser, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 6001 and UP 6909 are both recently rebuilt C44ACMs and have a fresh coat of paint. UP's latest paint scheme, specifically. The 12-car train is now tied down in the siding, and will remain here until Tuesday morning (about 40 hours) before it will proceed east toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113635 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS063 (West Fraser) Grand County, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A UP passenger special, which is currently deadheading, is approaching a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at the west end of Fraser on a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon. The train will tie down in the siding at Fraser until Monday morning, when some passengers will show up and depart east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113634 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fraser to Tabernash (MP 63 to MP 65) Grand County, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific has gotten rid of a lot of their passenger equipment. However, they still have two dozen or so cars on the roster, a dozen of which are on this passenger special that is headed for the siding at Fraser just ahead. UP usually does a pretty classy job running passenger equipment, and today is no exception with a pair of freshly-painted C44ACMs on the point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113632 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 5, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sulphur (7,830 ft) Grand County, CO 74 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On Easter Sunday, UP ran an eastbound OCS (Officer's Special) from Grand Junction, CO to Fraser, CO. The train did not have any passengers onboard, and was being relocated to Fraser for some special passengers that will board tomorrow (Monday). Here, the 12-car special rolls east at Sulphur with two very shiny C44ACMs leading. The second unit was originally delivered as an AC6000CW in November 2000. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113629 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific This particular SD70M, currently in storage in the yard in Laramie, WY, is one of 25 SD70Ms that Southern Pacific received prior to the merger with Union Pacific. In fact, UP 3999 here was the last of the 25 units, SP 9824, delivered in August 1994. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113628 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Talk about graffiti! If UP 4357 is put back in to active service (it is currently being stored in Laramie, WY in this shot), I certainly hope that one of the first stops will be at the paint shop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113627 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I'm not sure, but this SD70M might hold the record for the most amount of "tagging" (graffiti) that I've seen applied to a single unit! While it is being stored in Laramie, WY now, I'm guessing it must have spent some time in Southern California or the Houston, TX area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113626 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific As you may be aware, Union Pacific has a lot of locomotives stored all throughout its system right now. Laramie, WY is no exception, as there are nearly two dozen SD70Ms in storage here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113625 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie to Rock River Albany County, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific I had some commitments back home in Denver in the evening, so this was the farthest west I was able to chase UP 4014 on this trip. I included this shot to give an idea of the number of steam fans the Big Boy always draws! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113624 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lower Pine Ridge Albany County, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The Big Boy special hit a few delays getting out of Cheyenne, and again at Dale Jct. That turned out to work well here at Lower Pine Ridge as the sun had made it a bit further west in the sky, allowing for some really nice light as the train skirts the rock formations on the way west on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113623 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Lower Pine Ridge Albany County, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific There are some really cool rock formations 30 or so miles west of Laramie on UP's Overland. I thought the rocks might make for a cool subject in a shot that include UP 4014 and train on its journey west. Now that we are west of Laramie, the special is running on Main 1 as it passes through a double crossover here at CP W601, not far east of Rock River, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113622 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 61 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Union Pacific is working on painting a unit, which will be number UP 4547, in a red, white, and blue scheme for the 250th Anniversary of the United States. However, there is some controversy out there as the unit will include President Donald Trump's name on the unit (note UP 4547, for the 45th and 47th President). However, that unit was not yet ready for the western leg of the cross-country tour of UP 4014. UP 1776, which is freshly painted in UP's scheme, but has an "America 250" decal on the nose, was used on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113621 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 29, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Laramie Laramie, WY 59 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Last year, UP unveiled an SD70M painted in a special scheme honoring Abraham Lincoln. The unit was renumber UP 1616 (as Lincoln was the 16th President). The unit is on the train with the Big Boy, seen here behind the "water bottle" arriving in Laramie. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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