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Rio Grande SD50 5502 |
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10/27/1984 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:35:46 PM |
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Denver, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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Switching at North Yard |
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8/16/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2023 11:33:23 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 146(SW1000) |
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| Title: |
Local Geeps |
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9/13/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2023 11:35:44 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3016(GP30) DRGW 3017(GP30) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP30s |
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11/10/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2023 11:33:56 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3001(GP30) DRGW 3004(GP30) |
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| Title: |
Shoving Through North Yard |
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11/10/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2023 11:34:31 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3015(GP30) DRGW 3014(GP30) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP30 3015 |
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11/10/1986 Upload Date: 10/13/2023 11:35:05 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3015(GP30) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SD50 5515 |
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At North Yard, SD50 5515 sits in the yard. 5515 was built by EMD in September 1984. It would become UP 5109 in 2001. 5109 would be renumbered 9859 in 2002. Retirement would come in mid-2007. |
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2/28/1987 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 1:18:37 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5515(SD50) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP40 3145 |
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GP40 3145 is seen at Denver during April 1987. Having been built by EMD in September 1968, 3145 was originally Penn Central 3157. It would go to Conrail in 1976 and was sold to Rio Grande in 1983. In 1992, 3145 was sold to OmniTrax who would sell it in 1994 to the Eastern Idaho Railroad. It would subsequently be sold to Florida East Coast and is currently owned by Missouri & North Arkansas (M&NA 3072). |
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4/17/1987 Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:29:17 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3145(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP40 3153 |
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The last of the second-hand GP40s, 3153, passes through Denver in April 1987. It was built by EMD in October 1968 as Penn Central 3169. It go to Conrail in 1976 before being sold to Rio Grande in 1983. 3153 is currently part of the Helm Leasing fleet as HLCX 1086. |
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4/17/1987 Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:30:06 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3153(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Coal Run |
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A pair of SD50s and a SD40T-2 lead a PSCX coal train south from Denver. Lead 5508 was built by EMD in September 1984. It would become UP 5102 in 2001 and was renumbered 9852 in 2002. 9852 would be retired in mid-2007. |
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6/25/1987 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 1:16:01 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5508(SD50) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP40 3131 |
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Already third-hand by the time it was seen in Denver, GP40 3131 passes through in a freight. 3131 was built by EMD in August 1968 as Penn Central 3113. It passed to Conrail in 1976 before being sold to Rio Grande in 1983. 3131 was sold to the Wheeling & Lake Erie in 2001. It still operates in Rio Grande paint, but with the W&LE number 302. |
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7/7/1987 Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:27:15 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3131(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Rolling Through Edwards |
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4/23/1989 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:58:46 AM |
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Edwards, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SW1000 148 |
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Rolling through North Yard was SW1000 148, an April 1968 EMD product. 148 would be retired in 1994 and sold the following year to Progress Rail. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 10/1/2023 7:10:17 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 148(SW1000) |
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| Title: |
North Yard Shuffle |
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SW1000 142 rumbled through North Yard in Denver with a complete but brief consist. 142 was built by EMD in September 1966. It was retired in 1998 and sold to Midwest Metallics. It was resold to Boise Locomotive in 1999. 142 would be again sold to a KURX and numbered 915. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 10/1/2023 6:48:03 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 142(SW1000) |
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| Title: |
In The Yard |
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A potpourri of equipment is seen at the diesel servicing tracks at Rio Grande's North Yard. Closest is GP40 3087 and GP35 3041. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe power are visible. Odd man out is the Soo Line Wide-Vision caboose coupled to a BN model. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 10/3/2023 10:26:24 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 3087(GP40) |
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| Title: |
Tunnel Motor Trio |
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Cutting off from another unit at North Yard, a trio of Tunnel Motors was captured during November 1989. Closest is 5345, an October 1974 EMD product. 5345 would make it to both the SP and UP rosters before being retired in November 2001. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 10/4/2023 10:23:02 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5345(SD40T-2) |
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| Title: |
From Above |
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An overhead view of SD50 5503 provides a nice look at the assorted appliances mounted on the roof of the unit. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 12:27:55 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5503(SD50) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP9 5903 |
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Seen late in life at North Yard in Denver, GP9 5903 was working cars in the yard. 5903 was built by EMD in May 1955. It would be retired in 1991 and told to NRE. In 1992, it would be sold to South Orient, as SO 200. |
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11/1/1989 Upload Date: 11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5903(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Eastbound at Leyden |
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3/24/1990 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:35:06 PM |
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Leyden, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SD50 5503 |
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Built in September 1984, six year old SD50 5503 rolls through switches at North Yard in Denver with 5509. 5503 would become Union Pacific 9849 in 2005 and would be retired in mid-2007. |
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5/3/1990 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 12:26:55 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5503(SD50) |
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| Title: |
Six Axle Power |
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A quartet of SD40T-2s and a SD50 come off a coal train at North Yard in Denver. 5364 was built by EMD in July 1975. It would become part of the UP roster in 1996 and would be renumbered to 8621 in 2000. In the mid-2000s, it would again be renumbered to 2893. It would be wrecked and scrapped in 2007. |
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5/3/1990 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 12:12:25 PM |
| Location: |
Denver, CO |
| Author: |
Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5364(SD40T-2) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SD50 5504 |
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3/28/1992 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:51:21 PM |
| Location: |
Palmer Lake, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SD40T-2 5400 |
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1/1/1993 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 9:35:54 PM |
| Location: |
Plainview, CO |
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| Title: |
The Ski Train |
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3/29/1997 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:59:33 AM |
| Location: |
Fraser, CO |
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| Title: |
Rolling Into Fraser |
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3/29/1997 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:24:52 PM |
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Fraser, CO |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP60 3155 |
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3/29/1997 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:00:10 PM |
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Fraser, CO |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande SD40T-2 5397 |
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Taken circa 1998, SD40T-2 heads up a train at Pueblo. Although wearing SP paint, 5397 is sublettered for D&RGW. Having been built in August 1978, it would wear this sublettered SP scheme for a few years in the late 1990s. It would briefly be numbered UP 8590 for four months in 2001. It would be sold to Susquehanna in 2002 and numbered 3010. |
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1/1/1998 Upload Date: 10/5/2023 12:14:37 PM |
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Pueblo, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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DRGW 5397(SD40T-2) |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande F9A 5771 |
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Taken circa 1999. |
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1/1/1999 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 12:52:04 PM |
| Location: |
Golden, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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| Title: |
Rio Grande GP40-2 3100 |
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4/1/2002 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 11:55:05 AM |
| Location: |
LaSalle, CO |
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Dave Straight |
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| Title: |
Double Headed Time Machine |
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9/29/2013 Upload Date: 10/12/2023 8:55:41 PM |
| Location: |
Coxo, NM |
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