Photo ID: 101831 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2042 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Electro-Motive Division Sitting outside of BNSF's house in Denver, this unit is one of only four like it ever built. When first developing AC traction motors, EMD used four SD60M's as prototypes, creating the only SD60MACs ever created. The units were delivered to Burlington Northern as BN 9500 to BN 9503. The units were ultimately returned to EMD and are typically found at the testing facility outside Pueblo. Here, EMDX 9501 is headed north toward the Seattle area for unknown reasons. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101830 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1933 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific These two steam engines - buried in UP's 36th Street Yard - have had quite a trip from Oregon to Denver. They are ultimately headed for the San Louis & Rio Grande in Alamosa. The SLRG will use them on their tourist (passenger) trains. The steam engines original came to Denver via the Moffat, but got held at Winter Park because of clearance problems through the tunnel. So, they went back to Salt Lake and around through Wyoming. Here they sit, waiting to be moved over to North Yard and placed on the MNYPU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101829 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, January 19, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2292 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A very late-running Chicago to Denver (ZCHIDEN) navigates through 31st Street on the approach to the 23rd Street diamond. There, the train will make a right-hand turn and head north into Rennicks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102552 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, January 3, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1559 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A fairly colorful collection of units on the BNSF ready tracks in town include a Warbonnet SD75I, an Oakway SD60 and a Ferromex ES44DC, along with the normal splattering of Heritage units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101816 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5.5 Denver, CO 2180 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF C&S Junction is actually visible in the distance as seen here from Tennyson Street in Denver. This westbound manifest (the MDENPVO-01) is smoking a bit as it departs westbound. The train consists largely of tank cars coming from the Suncor Refinery in Commerce City. Not the train passing through the High-Wide detector right at the front of the final string of tank cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101815 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 31, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I included this roster shot because this C44-9W recently received BNSF's New Image scheme. I happened to catch this same unit on the Joint Line in January 2006, and it was in the H2 scheme on that day. The unit was involved in a head-on collision (and completely destroyed) in June 2006 and was rebuilt in Mexico in June 2007. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101814 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 31, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 Denver, CO 1823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Coming to the end of its journey, a relatively short MPVNY approaches Tennyson Street just west of C&S Junction. BNSF's Golden Sub (which ultimately runs to Coors Brewery) is in the foreground. In the distance, the Rocky Mountains keep snowy weather away from the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101813 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 539 Denver, CO 2573 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is running nearly eight hours late as it approaches the east end of 31st Street. An unfortunate accident in the Chicago area on BNSF resulted in a fatality. Amtrak was delayed due to the resulting NTSB investigation. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101811 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 1972 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF How close is this to bing a shot from 10 or 20 years earlier!? A GP39E, a (very rare) GP10, and a GP38 work the "Salt Mine" yard job at BNSF's 31st Street Yard in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101810 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 29, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Denver, CO 2085 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak An Amtrak P42DC sits near the engine house. I'm not entirely sure why it was sitting on BNSF property. Perhaps it was in need of some repair and Amtrak contracted with BNSF to handle the repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101805 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 2563 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP yard crew move a set of well cars from UP's North Yard to UP's 36th Street. The fastest way to do this was via Prospect Junction and Union Station. From Union Station, the crew can shove the cars down to 36th Street. Here, the crew was take the wells cars across the diamond at 23rd Street on the Buck Main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101804 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 2575 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF From the Park Avenue overpass, you can see quite a bit of action going on below you at the 23rd Street diamond. BNSF trains headed to or from the Joint Line cross the diamond (on one of the two main tracks). The Buck Main crosses the north end of the Joint Line, connection Union Station with Prospect Junction (and beyond). BNSF also uses the Buck Main to wye power. Such was the case here as two SD40-2s are being wyed so they can be taken to the "house". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101803 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Crossover (DS004) Denver, CO 2292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak had been having some power issues between Chicago and Denver. So, in Denver, a third P42DC (which is kept in Denver as a spare for just such situations) was added to the train. The Zephyr is coming around on the North Yard siding on the approach to Pecos Street and the Pecos Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101802 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 15, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos Crossover (DS004) Denver, CO 1982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A colorful Stockton to Denver (MSTODEN) comes down Main 3 on the approach to the Pecos Crossover. At Utah Junction, the train will stop and meet Amtrak 5. Amtrak will take the North Yard siding from Utah Junction west to C&S Junction. Then, this train will head down the main to Fox Junction and cross over to its own tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101793 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 9, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 540 Denver, CO 2219 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF It's rather amazing how many Green and Cream (or Executive, if you prefer) SD70MACs BNSF still has on the roster. It seems like you are more likely than not to catch one on a PRB coal load - not that I am complaining! That Burlington Northern herald won't be around forever. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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