Photo ID: 105915 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1537 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande Two of three SLRG SD90s on the MNYNP can be see here as the train slowly passes through Broadway on the Belt Line. The lease on the units is up and they are now headed back to CIT Leasing. These beasts have been interesting to witness over the last 18 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105914 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1474 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande The SD90 seems akin to the DDA40X in some regards. Both were intended to be high horsepower units and neither was successful over the long term. UP had shed its roster of SD9043MACs. With the lease from CIT Leasing up, the San Luis and Rio Grande is also doing the same. Three SD9043MACs are on UP's MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105913 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1487 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande One of a handful of SD9043MACs that the San Luis and Rio Grande had been leasing for the last few years is now being returned to the leaser. The particular unit has SLRG reporting marks, but is in an Iowa Pacific paint scheme. Iowa Pacific is the holding company for the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105912 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1510 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande I hadn't seen this unit since December 2009 when it first showed up on the San Luis and Rio Grande. It was originally going to be used as power on the failed reboot of the Ski Train. You may recall that the SLRG already had tickets sold for a new version of the Ski Train. But the train never left the station due to a dispute with Amtrak. This (and another) SD9043MAC instead spent several years in normal service on the SLRG. With the lease now up, the unit is being returned to CIT Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105911 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1500 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande For the past several years, the San Luis and Rio Grande has leased a couple of SD9043MACs from CIT Leasing. The lease on the units expired and, as a result, the SLRG is returning the units to the leaser. I had a suspicious, when taking these shots, that these would be the last SD90s I would see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104647 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1910 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande Safe travels! The "Colorado Pine", a private car owned by the San Luis and Rio Grande, pulls away from Train Hall behind Union Station in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104642 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2125 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande The "Colorado Pine" is a Pullman-built lightweight passenger car. It is now owned by the San Luis and Rio Grande, located in southern Colorado. It was brought to Denver by the UP and delivered to Union Station. From here, the car will travel on the back of the California Zephyr to Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104641 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 2528 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande San Luis and Rio Grande's private car "Colorado Pine" was found sitting at the end of Track 4 in the newly built and opened "Train Hall" behind Union Station in Denver. The car is awaiting the arrival of the California Zephyr to take it east to Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103399 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, April 10, 2010 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 175 (Walsenburg) Walsenburg, CO 1808 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Spanish Peaks (BNSF) San Louis and Rio Grande These tracks were once owned by Rio Grande before the Espee (and UP) came along. The tracks lead over Le Veta Pass to Alamosa (and beyond). UP recently sold the line to the San Luis and Rio Grande railroad. UP now interchanges with the SLRG right here in Walsenburg. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103229 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2037 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande The lighting was not too kind, but I figured it was worth grabbing a shot from both sides of the SLRG SD9043MACs. After all, they were just sitting there on Track 3 asking to have their picture taken! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103228 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 1907 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande Get ready! If you are along the Moffat Tunnel Route, you'll be seeing this facing heading toward you at grade crossing a lot in the next three months. The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad will run from the end of December to the end of March. Hopefully, they'll turn a profit and the train will be around for many more seasons to come. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103227 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 1977 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande A pair of San Luis and Rio Grande SD9043MACs sit on the northeast end of Track 3 and Union Station. These units were formerly CEFX leaser units until the SLRG purchased them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103226 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2511 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande These SD9043MACs are wearing the paint scheme of the San Luis and Rio Grande. This is a short line that operates over La Veta Pass between Walsenburg, Alamosa and Antonito. The short line was hoping to revive the Ski Train in a trial run for one season in 2010 to see they can turn a profit. The train was to be run as the Rio Grande Scenic Ski Train and this was to be the power. However, negotiations with Amtrak fell through at the last moment and the train didn't come together. Rumor is they will try again in 2011. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103225 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) San Louis and Rio Grande Starting December 27th, 2009, the reincarnated Ski Train was supposed to begin operations from Denver to Winter Park. These SD9043MACs were to provide the power for the train (seen here parked on Track 3 at Union Station). Negotiations fell through, however, and the train did not run. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101392 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 8, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Alamosa Alamosa, CO 1731 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots San Louis and Rio Grande The San Luis and Rio Grande operates out of Alamosa on what used to be Rio Grande trackage. The railroad runs east from Alamosa to Walsenburg where it interchanges with Union Pacific. It also runs south out of Alamosa to Antonito. Here, a former Espee B30-7 sits in the yard at Alamosa, now under the ownership of the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.