Photo ID: 112709 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak There was a time when the tracks at Union Station were all CTC controlled by a local dispatcher. Then, for years, the station tracks were all uncontrolled yard tracks, as the Zephyr was virtually the only train to use the station. Now, the tracks are once again under the control of CTC, and Denver's RTD (Regional Transportation District) owns and dispatches the tracks. A-Line and N-Line tracks are the two commuter line tracks to the left. B-Line and G-Line tracks are the two commuter line tracks to the right. "Heavy" trains, such as Amtrak, the Winter Park Express, and Rocky Mountaineer, use the center track to get to Track 4 and Track 5 at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112708 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Union Station's Passenger Lead track passes beneath the intersection of Park Avenue and Delgany Street. With all the switches and derails verified to be properly aligned, the train is making a reverse movement beneath the intersection toward Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112707 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak On a mostly overcast evening, the sun breaks through for a few minutes to light up a pair of GE units sitting near the BNSF Engine House while the eastbound Zephyr backs down the Passenger Lead to Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112706 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak While making a reverse move off of Coal 2, the Zephyr kicks up a bit of dust when the air compressor let go a bit of air. The train is headed for its evening station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112705 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak On the north side of the South Platte River, the front half of the Zephyr has re-entered CTC limits and is on a track called Coal 2. This track, and the next two to the right, are all in CTC, with Coal 1 being next to the Zephyr, and the main next to that. A BNSF switch job is preparing to pull forward even further to the right of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112704 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The evening Zephyr is crossover over a couple of tracks in order to make a reverse move on the Passenger Lead toward Union Station. The South Platte River separates BNSF's Denver Yard from its Engine Facility. Three tracks cross the river, and those three tracks tend to be very busy most of the time as switch job use the tracks for a lead, mainline trains running to or from the Joint Line come through, trains headed for Rennicks and the Moffat come through here, and engine moves come through. This stretch of track is all yard limits and there is no CTC here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112703 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The Zephyr is working on the somewhat arduous process of arriving at Denver Union Station. It is coming around the wye track from Prospect Jct, and will cross across several tracks and will ultimately enter Coal 2 in order to clear the Passenger Lead Switch in order to make a reverse move into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112702 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS001 (Fox Junction) Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The eastbound Zephyr has roughly a mile remaining on UP rails for this trip. The train is on Main 2 between Fox Jct and Prospect Jct. After making its scheduled stop at Union Station, the train will move over to BNSF rails for the remaining of the trip to Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112701 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I thought BNSF 2697 was a bit of an interesting unit, sitting near the BNSF Engine House. The unit is clearly a former GP35, as you can see where the smaller center radiator fan once existed at the back of the long hood. It has since been rebuilt as a GP39-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112700 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern, BNSF A Norfolk Southern "catfish", now designated as an AC44C6M after going through a rebuild program, sits in the yard near BNSF's Engine House here in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112699 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Detector (MP 22.6) Arvada, CO 2 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak AMTK 51 and AMTK 203 lead the eastbound Zephyr through the hotbox detector at MP 22.6 at Blue Mountain Drive. The detector would reveal that the temperature is currently 76°F (25°C), the train approaching the grade crossing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112698 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 2 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The evening Zephyr is running a little over an hour late as it glides down the grade toward the west portal of Tunnel 1. The final tunnel the train will pass through between here at Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 31 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The final bit of sunlight for the day is reflecting off some thunderclouds over the plains, the Denver skyline visible toward the left in the distance. This UP officer special has come to a stop just short of the grade crossing at Plain. The train will wait here for the eastbound California Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 34 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific On average, once or maybe twice a year, UP will run an Officer Car Special over the Moffat. Usually, the passenger cars are deadheading between Council Bluffs, IA and somewhere in California. That seems to be the case here, as nobody is actually on the train itself. The train is emerging from Tunnel 1, running on a Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal, reading to take the siding at Plain. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112695 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Although the sun has ducked behind the mountains, it is technically still 20 minutes to sunset as a pair of SD70Ms lead a UP OCS (Officer Car Special) into Tunnel 1. The train is deadheading 11 cars (plus a power car) from Council Bluff, IA west toward California. The train will spend the night tonight in Glenwood Springs. The train was expected to head west about six hours earlier, but some maintenance around town resulted in a much later departure west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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