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Load testing - UP AC4400CW5 viewsU.P. 6655 AC4400CW, gets load-tested...probably the loudest noise at the shops - February 2006RI 900
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UP Dash 8 #9103 at Burnham shops5 viewsUnion Pacific 9103 C40-8 receives repairs over the pit in a Denver maintenance facilityRI 900
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SP SD40 73592 viewsSouthern Pacific 7359 (SD40), remains patchless 10 years after the UP/SP merger. It will probably see service again on a shortline railroad, but now sits deadlined in Denver - December 2006RI 900
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UP AC4400CW in repair shops in Denver4 viewsIn Denver, crews replace major components on U.P. 6337 AC4400CW. These are the same full-service shops that use to build DRGW cabooses, replace the broken cranks on the tunnel motors, and a hundred other jobs - February 2006RI 900
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SB block signal on BNSF/UP joint line0 viewsThis block signal stands guard for SB BNSF/UP joint line trainssignalman
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My locomotive and me6 viewsGrabbin' a few shots...ACe
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Block signal - Coal Creek Canyon, CO1 viewsA block signal in Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado shows a westbound is about to liven up Pine Cliff - 2007signalman
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UP 6562 AC4400CW Rollinsville, Colorado2 viewsUnion Pacific coal train prepares to take the main, as an eastbound of empties clears the signal - October 2007signalman
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harsh grade - Coal Creek0 viewsThis photo illustrates the effects of heavy WB trains clawing their way up the steep grade, just outside of Denver. By the time the power for a westbound coal train reaches this crossing, the engines are at full throttle and the pressure on the railhead is making it look like the top of a heavily hammered chisel.signalman
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U.P. main - west of Denver0 viewsThis picture is looking south(Denver is to the left). This is one of the many challenging grades for loaded coal trains to climb, as they grind their way up through Coal Creek Canyonsignalman
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UP SD70ACe at Burnham shops7 viewsU.P. SD70ACe undergoes system checks - December 2006RI 900
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U.P.'s Burnham Shops(yard) - Denver6 viewsU.P.'s Burnham Shops(southern half - looking south)- June 17, 2008 Now a U.P. maintenance facility, this yard and shops were once the headquarters of D&RGW's Mechanical Department in Denver. It was built in 1870's, and serviced narrow gauge equipment. The Burnham Shops eventually became known as one of the best in the country.
This U.P. shop continues to do everything from full maintenance to complete rebuilds and modifications of their locomotives. The tracks on the right lead to the turntable, load-testing, and the shops. The tracks below are generally used as storage for retired equipment.RI 900
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autoracks - 19794 viewsCNW.. eastbound coming up the hill at Mount Vernon,Iowa picture taken from the 2nd engine which was a UPLegend69
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CNW - view from trailing unit - 19794 viewsCNW - from trailing unit - 1979Legend69
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