Rio Grande caboose 01447 has been saved from the scrapper. It was donated to the Forney Museum of Transportation and it sits in the parking lot of the museum.
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The Forney Museum has done a great job of working on restoration of DRGW 3006. The graffiti has all been cleaned off, and the class lights and Mars lights have been restored. I really liked this perspective, looking up toward the number board and nose from the ground inside the Forney Museum.
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Six years prior to this shot, DRGW 3006 was moved from Burnham to this location inside the Forney Transportation Museum. To the best of my knowledge, it is one of only two Rio Grande GP30s that have been preserved as Rio Grande units, both being in Colorado. In my very early days of rail photography back in 1997, I actually got a very similar shot (in terms of perspective) of DRGW 3006 when it was working in North Yard!
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With a mid-day lull in action, I decided to stop by the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver. This is the forever home of Rio Grande GP30 #3006! This unit sat at Burnham for over a decade, waiting for find out what would happen to it. Fortunately, it has a great home, protected from the conditions of the outside world.
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Union Pacific installed a new signal here (on the left) about a decade ago, but still has yet to activate it. Instead, an old Rio Grande signal displays a green signal, indicating the next three blocks are unoccupied. This signal is visible for US-85, and I have specific memories of looking at this signal when I would go out train chasing with my dad when I was a kid. This old signal is specifically is very nostalgic for me!
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UP stations this classic DRGW Jordan Spreader in Phippsburg, CO in the Colorado high country during the winter months, just in case it is needed to open any part of the former Rio Grande in Colorado. It is kept in Cheyenne in non-winter months. Now it is in the siding at Arvada, making its way back to Phippsburg.
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I haven't seen Jordan Spreader DRGW 45 in three years, back when it was still DRGW AX-41. I saw it then when it was being transported to Phippsburg, CO for winter. Such is the case again today as the spreader is once again waiting to head to Phippsburg.
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Rio Grande's Jordan Spreader AX-41 is still in active service on Union Pacific. However, it has been renumbered to DRGW 45 on UP's roster! Here, it sits in the Arvada siding at Lamar Street, waiting to head west to Phippsburg for the winter.
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UP 1989 sits shut down near the ready tracks in North Yard. It has been rumored that it has been placed in storage due to a downturn in business on UP. If that is true, it may well be sitting here for weeks or months to come.
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Rumor has it that UP 1989 has been placed in long term storage due to a downturn in business. If that's the case, it is being stored in an unusual spot. It is currently near the ready tracks in North Yard, along with an SD70ACe-T4 and an AC4400CW.
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Hello old friend! Hard to believe UP's heritage units have been around long enough to now be referred to as "old friend". UP 1989 was unveiled at North Yard in Denver nearly 17 years ago (as of this photo). Other than a pretty good layer of dirt, the unit is looking pretty good, considering its age!
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Always great to find the Rio Grande logo in 2023. Even better to find it on the long hood of a locomotive! In this case, we are of course referring to the Rio Grande heritage unit, UP 1989.
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This view of the front of DRGW 5401 at the Colorado Railroad Museum really caught my eye. Not only does the spartan cab of the Tunnel Motor look fantastic, but see the Rio Grande fly letters to the right on a steam tender and to the left on GP30 DRGW 3011 is just great!
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If you look inside the cab of DRGW 5401, you'll note that there is still a sticker at the back indicating the last number it had when it was in active service on UP's roster: UP 9871.
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Almost immediately after the Colorado Railroad Museum moved DRGW 5401 into the museum facility, it's number boards were put back in with the correct numbers and its MARS and class lights were fully restored.
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