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08-17-2017 - 10:19

Peter D.

31. Re: Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado/More on Station

Yeah. No. Union Station is new. Guess it's cheaper to build TWO new stations then maintain and restore one old station. The building on the right, facing the front(parking lot)of the old station is ne
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08-16-2017 - 22:50

Richard Elgenson

32. Grand Junction, Colorado - photo

Photo taken August 2, Grand Junction, CO. Trackside sign on building east of 1906 station. http://trainweb.org/richard/Misc/GrandJctSign1.JPG
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08-16-2017 - 20:43

Nussel Snouts

33. Re: Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado

Eugene Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here is the building just west. I would bet this > is the original depot. > > https://goo.gl/maps/jpmd2eSvJax Yes, tha
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08-16-2017 - 18:24

SP5103

34. Re: Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado

It might have actually been used as a "union station" before the Colorado Midland failed. San Diego also was a union station also serving SD&A/SD&AE not to mention the original trolley. There are p
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08-16-2017 - 16:53

Eugene

35. Re: Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado

Here is a street view of the "Union Station" building, which does not look like an original DRGW station to me. https://goo.gl/maps/YKWs15mnMvJ2 Here is the building just west. I would bet this
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08-16-2017 - 15:38

Richard Elgenson

36. Re: Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado

I was there on August 2 on my way to Glenwood Springs and ultimately Denver and Red Rocks Amphitheater. In response to your inquiry, Wikipedia states: "Until 1992 Amtrak used the ex-Denver and Rio Gr
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08-16-2017 - 15:23

White River Junction

37. Passenger Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado

I was on the Amtrak California Zephyr in July. I saw that there are two (out-of-use) passenger stations right next to each other on the UP (DRGW) main line. Why are there two? And is one called "Union
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05-02-2017 - 18:36

Pdxrailtransit

38. Western Colorado

I remember there was a real problem in the Grand Junction area because the cinder blocks used for basements were composed of radioactive material.
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03-14-2017 - 07:53

John E. Rimmasch

39. Re: UP gp40-2's, UPY gp15-1's?

There are a ton of them in storage at Grand Junction, CO. Rumor is that these units will be sold at the next UP auction. Age and mileage the biggest factors. I am watching closely as I would like t
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02-14-2017 - 10:42

Daylight Fan

40. Re: Espee 4449...Denver question

The fastest and shortest routes from Portland would all be owned by UP. But the most likely route would be BNSF out to Montana, trackage rights over MRL...drop south through Gillette and Cheyenne, Wy
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05-17-2016 - 23:20

Smoke Belcher

41. Re: It’s Really Happening: The Collapse of U.S. Coal

"You will likely never see coal trains in Cajon again, it is my understanding that we no longer have bulk coal export capabilities at POLA/POLB" Port of Long Beach is capable of exporting coal via
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12-21-2015 - 11:46

Robert

42. Re: Utah Railway

The Unprofessional Iconoclast Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what's the big advantage of interchanging with > BNSF at Grand Junction? Couldn't they do it just
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12-20-2015 - 17:06

The Unprofessional Iconoclast

43. Re: Utah Railway

So what's the big advantage of interchanging with BNSF at Grand Junction? Couldn't they do it just as easily at Helper or someplace closer to the vicinity of their pre-merger "home rails"? The onl
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12-19-2015 - 19:54

Robert

44. Re: Utah Railway

In a word, yes. While it may not have happened recently, the Utah has accepted unit coal trains from the BNSF at Grand Junction, CO, taken them to the CV Spur near Price, Utah. The trains were loade
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06-17-2015 - 12:56

OPRRMS

45. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

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06-17-2015 - 12:53

OPRRMS

46. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

James Bradley, Jr. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well that's confusing! Why do yard locomotives > and road locomotives have the same number? The number may b
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06-17-2015 - 12:41

James Bradley, Jr.

47. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

Well that's confusing! Why do yard locomotives and road locomotives have the same number? The information I posted was correct for the road locomotives, but not for the yard locomotives. Since I do
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06-17-2015 - 11:17

OPRRMS

48. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction/WOW!

James Bradley, Jr. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I'm just making an educated guess, but based on > the age of the locomotives...it looks like they're > being
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06-17-2015 - 11:06

OPRRMS

49. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

James Bradley, Jr. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I did a little research on the engine numbers > provided to see if any of them were former SP, > SSW, or DRGW lo
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06-16-2015 - 23:27

James Bradley, Jr.

50. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction/WOW!

Peter...you're welcome. It only took me about 1 hour or so to put the list together. Anytime you want info on UP units, or former SP units, check out www.utahrails.net. That's where I was able to f
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06-16-2015 - 19:54

Peter D.

51. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction/WOW!

WAY COOL! Thanks for all your hard work! Nice refrence! Thank you!
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06-16-2015 - 00:54

James Bradley, Jr.

52. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

I did a little research on the engine numbers provided to see if any of them were former SP, SSW, or DRGW locomotives. I found the following: UPY 163 = SSW/SP 7783 (B30-7), Built January 1980, Ret
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06-15-2015 - 13:26

Ron

53. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

Here are some of the numbers UPY 163 UPY 175 UPY 165 UPY 173 622 645 597 1436 1480 1373 1363 1369 1392 1364 690 714 636 683 557 630 14427 1446 550 551 1435 1363 632 684 1487 1453
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06-15-2015 - 12:16

Earl Pitts

54. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

GWEN Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Got any numbers.?? Most geeps since the GP-20 came > with alignment control couplers unless they were > ordered without. Rep
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06-15-2015 - 00:13

trb

55. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

The rumor I have heard is there could be up to 150 units stored in GJ. We will see. Todd Busse
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06-14-2015 - 22:57

GWEN

56. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

Got any numbers.?? Most geeps since the GP-20 came with alignment control couplers unless they were ordered without. Reportedly BNSF ordered some of it's dash-9's without alignment control couplers.
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06-14-2015 - 20:36

OPRRMS

57. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

OPRRMS Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > (since Remo ed). +since removed.
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06-14-2015 - 20:33

OPRRMS

58. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

Ron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know about all the used UP engines > sitting here? 51 so far. Stored account not currently needed. Many of them
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06-14-2015 - 19:27

Don B

59. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

Any pictures of the line up?
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06-14-2015 - 17:34

Ron

60. Re: UP engines in Grand Junction

There are GP's and old SW's. They have been moving them in here for awhile now. One long string.
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