Nostalgia & History > CR ‘standard’ blue at Denver

Here’s a Jim Watson image that was once a very common scene in North Platte. UP’s sprawling Bailey Yard terminal was once a crossroads for motive power from virtually all over the country. Even descendants from the Pennsylvania Railroad, once know as the “Standard Railroad of the World” made regular treks to Bailey through the corn fields of Nebraska…

1. CR 6515 sits between a couple of Uncle Pete’s C-30s at Denver, CO on March 12, 1980.
(Photo by James W. Watson)

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Jim Watson (UP6900)

Added later: I received a PM telling me I most likely have the wrong location attached to this image. This slide was scanned with a few dozen others from Jim Watson's collection, the vast majority of which were taken at North Platte. I'm not all that familiar with either North Platte or Denver. I will cheerfully stand corrected, but the story about Conrail power at North Platte still rings true. I've seen several CR slides in Jim's collection taken at North Platte...



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/22 23:02 by santafe199.

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Lance, per your message here's what I was referring to:

Looks like Denver, not North Platte, I don't remember a bridge over service tracks at North Platte

pic 1 is a  shot I took in 1969, the UP service tracks are to the left and pic 2 is one in the service track area, both in Denver

p.s. hope your heritage shots end up on TO
p.s.s. and I agree with you about CR power in NP, it was a RR loco 'melting pot'

 



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/16 06:27 by valmont.

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Lance, feel free to post from North Platte or Denver or wherever. We saw a lot of the same in Pocatello during the late 70s and early 80s with all of the run through power. Even had a GTW SD40 come in from the east once. It just isn't the same now. Thank you to you and Jim for the look back.

valmont Wrote:
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> Lance, per your message here's what I was
> referring to:
>
> Looks like Denver, not North Platte, I don't
> remember a bridge over service tracks at North
> Platte
>
> pic 1 is a  shot I took in 1969, the UP service
> tracks are to the left and pic 2 is one in the
> service track area, both in Denver
>
> p.s. hope your heritage shots end up on TO
> p.s.s. and I agree with you about CR power in NP,
> it was a RR loco 'melting pot'

 Vince,
I agree with you.
Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl.

Lance,
Like that old E unit.