Photo ID: 100967 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Earlier in the year, one of 5371's number boards was actually stolen right off the unit! Fortunately, the excellent team at Roper (in Salt Lake City) came up with this hand-painted make-shift replacement! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100966 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3153 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande My favorite characteristic of any Rio Grande tunnel motor (aside from the fact that it is Rio Grande) would have to be the fuel tank. Only the 73 Grande units had slightly shortened fuel tanks, setting them apart from their Espee T-2 brothers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100965 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 30, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 4113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This is exactly the way a Rio Grande SD40T-2 should look! A well worn paint scheme, a dirty plow, a well-worn paint scheme, and burned paint beneath the dynamic brake intake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100956 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 4007 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande This shot is quite intentionally dark as I feel it is more artistic this way. I think the highlighting on 5371 - the last active, unpatched Rio Grande unit as of the time of this photo - just makes the picture perfect. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100955 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 3404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Lights in the lower yard at Helper light up DRGW 5371 as it sits idling, awaiting its next duty. The unit will leave Helper in November for a triennial inspection, where it will almost certainly be patched. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100954 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 29, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Helper Helper, UT 4724 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande The last unpatched Rio Grande unit left in the world (as of the time of this photo). DRGW 5371 holds down the fort at Helper, assigned as power on the Dirt Train running between Helper and East Carbon City on the Sunnyside branch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100946 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 24, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2761 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande One of the defining beacons in Denver for the past decade or so has been the so-called Quest building. The word Qwest is on all four sides of the building and at night they are illuminated very brightly in blue! On this Sunday afternoon, UP 1989 and three SD70M's have been fueled and are waiting to head south on the MNYPU, bound for Pueblo, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100945 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 24, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2751 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande After undergoing some repairs at Burnham, UP 1989 is finally taken back to North Yard in preparation to run south on the MNYPU. Last week, UP 1989 suffered a failure which prevent it from "loading", basically meaning that it wouldn't pull. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100944 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 24, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Southern Pacific An unpatched Espee AC4400CW - A site that is becoming less and less common (whether it be on the main or just truckin' through the yard). On this perfect Sunday afternoon, SP 343 was being move to the ready track in North Yard after being fueled. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100931 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX On a very wet, rainy afternoon in September, I came across an unexpected visitor at BNSF's 38th street engine house. A CSX ES44DC wearing the "Dark Future" scheme was getting soaked in the down pour. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100928 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 2, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 3213 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On a rather dull and overcast day, the sun was nice enough to come out for a few minutes right as I came across the Rio Grande Heritage Unit sitting amongst a string of power in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100925 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 2, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Denver, CO 1801 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A long string of well cars sits half-loaded at Rennicks just east of North Yard. The loader in the foreground was sitting, unmoving, at the time of the picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100923 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 20, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 3182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train SKTX 242, the lead F40PH on the Ski Train, sits shut down on the point of the Ski Train on track two at Denver Union Station. The train is preparing for its last run of the 2006 summer season the following Saturday. Meanwhile, on track five, a spare P42DC (AMTK 187) sits on track five, should it be needed for anything. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100922 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 20, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 1933 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots American Orient Express Two cars from the American Orient Express, the San Francisco and the Portland, sit on track four at Denver Union Station. The cars are waiting to be moved to Colorado Railcar in Fort Lupton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100921 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 19, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1795 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The last B-unit that EMD has produced, to the best of my knowledge, was the GP60B. The units were made for the Santa Fe and wore the warbonnet paint scheme. When they first came out, it was not uncommon to see A-B-B-A sets of GP60M's and GP60B's running together. On this day, BNSF 332 - now wearing the Heritage 1 scheme - sits in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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