Photo ID: 111398 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This GP38-2 was originally delivered to Missouri Pacific in February 1980 (as MP 2195). One pretty reliable tip that this unit was originally Missouri Pacific is the lack of dynamic brakes. Missouri Pacific and Katy (MKT), both plains railroads, had quite a few units without dynamic brakes. This saved money in the initial purchase and in maintenance costs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111397 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer It is currently the middle of the "off season" for the Rocky Mountaineer. Three of the units are over in North Yard, likely waiting for some maintenance to be done before the new season kicks off next April. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111396 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 97 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This C44ACM is sporting UP's newest paint scheme, without a large flag on the long hood and without nose wings. The unit was recently rebuilt from the AC4400CW it was delivered to UP as in February 2001. The unit will be power on the MNYNP, manifest from North Yard to North Platte. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111395 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This snoot-nose SD40N is waiting to head to North Platte, NE, probably for its 92-day FRA inspection. This particular unit was originally delivered in March 1975. This unit has spent its entire life in yellow and gray paint, as it was indeed originally delivered to UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111394 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1983 is the UP heritage unit I have captured the least. I was happy I had the chance to get a few shots on this December afternoon as the unit sat in North Yard, waiting to head to North Platte, NE. Hard to believe that it has been nearly 20 years since the UP heritage fleet was unveiled. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111393 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of UP's six heritage units, the Western Pacific unit (UP 1983) was hanging out in North Yard this afternoon. The unit cannot be run on a train as its 92-day FRA inspection is due. The unit will be transported (dead-in-consist) to North Platte so its 92-day inspection can be completed again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111372 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF In the OS at C&S Junction, this westbound BNSF oil train is crossing over Clear Creek on Main 2. A visitor from the north is second out on the train. Of course, in the coming years, that paint scheme will eventually train be changed to the new CPKC scheme after the merger of Canadian Pacific and KCS. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111371 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF At C&S Junction, a westbound BNSF oil train with six units on the point is changed from Main 3 to Main 2 (without actually changing tracks) as the number of tracks filters down from four to two. The crew was on duty at 9am and started pulling out of the yard right around 9:30am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111370 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS001 (Fox Junction) Denver, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr is in the control point of Fox Jct (CP DS001). Construction on the pedestrian overpass started in 2014, and was completed and opened in 2015. It connects a lot of new apartments and condos on the west side of the tracks with the RTD B and G-Line Commuter tracks on the east side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111369 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Prospect Jct to Fox Jct (MP 1.0 to MP 1.5) Denver, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Running pretty much right on time, the morning Zephyr has left Denver Union Station behind and is continuing its trip west toward California. The train is on UP's Main 2 between Prospect Jct and Fox Jct. Between those control points, a distance of about a mile, UP has two main tracks. You can just see Main 1 on the far right side of the shot. The yard tracks are BNSF and part of Rennicks (intermodal) yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111368 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Regional Transportation District In 2016, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) started construction on the "N-Line". A commuter rail line connecting Denver Union Station with the suburbs of Commerce City, Thornton, and Northglenn. In this shot, an N-Line commuter train slows on the overpass alongside BNSF's engine house. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111367 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A handful of units sit on the north side of BNSF's engine house. In the morning sun, it is very clear that BNSF's original "Heritage" scheme was indeed a dark green and orange, rather than the modern black and orange. BNSF 2371 started life as Forth Worth and Denver in June 1980. To date, it has not had a major rebuild, and is still standard GP38-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111366 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A few engine sets sit at the fuel racks at BNSF's engine facility. It looks like BNSF replaced the doors for the two tracks that enter the engine facility with transparent doors! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111365 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 1, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 121 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots GMTX Sitting near BNSF's engine facility is an SD40-2 (or, former SD40-2) in the green and silver GATX Locomotive Group. I could not find information about the heritage of the unit, or if it was indeed still considered an SD40-2, or if it has been rebuilt to different specifications. The unit will be sent to Longmont the next day for switching duties. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111340 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF It is really impressive to see a "blade train" as it rolls down the tracks. Those blades are the length of roughly three flat cars. The ends of the blades are supported by frames that can slide along the flatcar to accommodate turns as the train moves. These blades are starting the journey on the Joint Line just before sunset after coming south on the Front Range Sub earlier in the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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