Western Railroad Discussion > Rio Grande back in Ft. Collins

I hope this and the Soldier Summit report a few threads down are good signs for this weekend as I make my first trek to Helper...

I had been generally ignoring the UP local recently, I'm not crazy about plain UP yellow, but today I was out in the rain at lunch and noticed something WASN'T YELLOW! Behind a ratty looking UP 745 was a slightly less ratty looking DRGW 3109. I hate what happened to the rear of this unit...Geez, I'd hand make a couple of marker boards if they'd let me...

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Here you can see the damage

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Lots of dark clouds here today, had golf ball sized hail yesterday. I don't mind the bad light though, I'd shoot DRGW in any light...

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Crossing the other trestle over the Cache la Poudre...

Hope to catch the 3109 leading next time...

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Forget about the rear, just look at that virgin front end, gyralight/class lights intact just the way God and EMD intended, the only thing missing is the Nathan M3R1 on the roof.
AH

Good catch, dude! Guess I had better stop ignoring the local, too. - - - - - JLH

The local will usually have a good chance at having the Rio grandes and other 4 axle power back on it on Mondays and Fridays when they need to go to Boettcher, otherwise it will be the UP SD40-2's.

I have been told that they would like to get the 4 axle power back permanently, but they do not think it will happen. So keep watching on Mondays and Fridays for the Rio Grandes.

PZ