Trains from my travels - Colorado and surrounding

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Took a trip out to Ogden, UT today and made some time to visit the Union Station museums. They have a really unique collection, although everything is parked so tightly that taking pictures is a challenge.



Being in Union Pacific's backyard, most of the collection has roots with the UP. The SD45 looks downright tiny compared to the GTEL.



Here she is in all her faded glory.



Both the tunnel motor and the Centennial are really imposing machines. The later is a real odd duck. Having only seen one in HO scale, the clownish proportions can only be appreciated in 1:1 scale.



I never knew about this, but the tail end of the Centennial sure looked like it had a second set of controls. Also, the couplers are absurdly long castings with a huge swing. Who knew how prototypical those slotted Athearn pilots were!



This utterly battered Alco was interesting to say the least, although the challenge of photography in the shed is pretty clear. One of the only locomotives not from the UP, Utah Railway ended up with it but clearly didn't have enough faith in her to invest in paint.



I hear this is one of the last full body GM locomotives left on earth. The SDP40F. It looks like a nightmare just sitting there, with cabling and conduits running all over the place. It really does look like someone took an SD40 and haphazardly shoved its guts around. The massive size of the steam generator compartment makes the stories of weight balance easy to believe. Apologies for the framing of the shot, the locomotive is practically pushed into a fence.



I swear I never saw a 44T the entire time I lived in the South, but it seems like the mountains are riddled with them. This museum has 3! Funny addition to this one, MU capability.




I had a lot of fun checking out this little guy. Aside from having a soft spot for old EMD switchers, and the SW1 being the adorable runt of the litter, I just spent months working on an HO scale one. I'm happy with my work after comparing to the real thing [emoji4]



844's sometime sister, looking pretty in the shade




I grew up in Texas right near to the SP mainline running West out of Houston through Sugar Land. Hacked up, clapped out road warriors like this old geep are exactly what got me excited about railroading when I was a kid. This one looks fresh off the late era SP, from the horrible paint to the bullet hole in the cab glass. This unit is now on my short list of things I want to model in HO. I even have the P2K unit to tear apart!

So basically, the museum is great. Definitely stop if you're in Utah.






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