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Photo ID: 278153

Locomotive: Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70ACe	Location/Date of Photo: BNSF - UP Joint Line Larkspur, Colorado, USA March 27, 2009
Locomotive No./Train ID BNSF 9252 U STETRI	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Crossing an old Santa Fe bridge with a rotary snow plow after a blizzard.

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Favorited: 8

Photo ID: 278091

Locomotive: Rio Grande Scenic Railroad Steam 2-8-0	Location/Date of Photo: engine house Alamosa, Colorado, USA March 24, 2009
Locomotive No./Train ID 18 -	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Outside the new shop building, the guys get to work in good spring weather. This engine is the subject of the cover story in the May 2009 issue of Trains magazine.

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Favorited: 2

Photo ID: 270171

Locomotive: Kansas City Southern Railway GE ES44AC	Location/Date of Photo: UP - BNSF Joint Line, milepost 6 Denver, Colorado, USA February 03, 2009
Locomotive No./Train ID KCS 4684 S DAFC 01	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Special train operated by the Union Pacific, southbound out of Denver to the Colorado Springs area. Here passing two BNSF coal empties on their way back to Wyoming.

Favorited: 27

Photo ID: 252425

Locomotive: Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe	Location/Date of Photo: U.P. Moffat subdivision Leyden, Colorado, USA September 25, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID UP 1989 S DVKL 25	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: With UP 1995, these two heritage units lead a 15 car VIP special into the Rocky Mountains.

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Favorited: 15

Photo ID: 243141

Locomotive: Union Pacific Steam 4-8-4	Location/Date of Photo: Union Station Denver, Colorado, USA July 18, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID UP 844 -	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Steam specials always bring out the photographers, but this lady was reading a book to the locomotive itself. A crew member gives a curious look as he works around the engine.

Favorited: 3

Photo ID: 242507

Locomotive: Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD70MAC	Location/Date of Photo: BNSF locomotive facility Denver, Colorado, USA July 12, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID BNSF 9801 -	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: These units were recently brought in from the derailment site on the Front Range subdivision.

Favorited: 2

Photo ID: 242490

Locomotive: Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD GP60M	Location/Date of Photo: BNSF locomotive facility Denver, Colorado, USA July 12, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID BNSF 143 -	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: These units were involved in a malicious derailment in early June 2008, and now awaiting repairs.

Favorited: 2

Photo ID: 239089

Locomotive: Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe	Location/Date of Photo: Hazeltine siding, Greeley subdivision Henderson, Colorado, USA June 11, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID UP 1989 M DVGR 11	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Due to maintenance operations on the Moffat subdivision, the California Zephyr was re-routed through Wyoming. Here, the conductor of the freight gives a roll-by look at the Amtrak train.

Favorited: 4

Photo ID: 239087

Locomotive: Colorado Railcar Colorado Railcar DMU	Location/Date of Photo: Union Station Denver, Colorado, USA June 11, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID CRMX 2001 -	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Brand new two-unit set on it's way to the TriMet Westside Express Service in Oregon.

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Photo ID: 238133

Locomotive: Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Swiss Locomotive Works	Location/Date of Photo: Pike's Peak end of track Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA May 31, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID M&PP 15 charter	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: This is the upper end of the line for this 100+ year-old tourist railway. The metal poles are lightning rods to protect the trains during storms.

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Photo ID: 238129

Locomotive: Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Swiss Locomotive Works	Location/Date of Photo: Pike's Peak summit Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA May 31, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID M&PP 15 charter	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Engineer Bob is ready to bring this train down from an altitude of 14,100 feet. This one-car train was built in 1963, and the "steering wheel" controls the power and braking for the car.

Favorited: 1

Photo ID: 238088

Locomotive: Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway Swiss Locomotive Works	Location/Date of Photo: Four Mile siding Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA May 31, 2008
Locomotive No./Train ID M&PP 15 charter	Photographer: Dave Schaaf Contact Dave Schaaf + Add to Favorites

Remarks: Trackwork is a bit more complicated when the incline requires rack rail to climb and descend Pike's Peak.

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