Photo ID: 111301 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 124 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A GP38-2 sits near the engine shop, which now has very limited abilities to do work on engines. The vast majority of maintenance requires engines be sent to the shops in North Platte, NE. Later in the day, this geep had been moved, so I am not sure if whatever issue(s) it may have had were resolved, or if it would be headed to Nebraska. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111300 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific It appears that this SD40-2 (now designated as an SD40N) wishes it had been born as a steam engine a few generations earlier, based on the exhaust it is pumping out! Clearly, there is some sort of a mechanical issue with the unit, and a few minutes later, the unit was shut down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111259 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Clear Creek Denver, CO 138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF An SD40-2 and a GP38-2 work to switch out a string of double stack cars at BNSF's intermodal facility at Rennicks. The long stretch of cars necessitates the job pulling north onto the BNSF Front Range Subdivision alongside RTDs Pecos Junction commuter line station. While the train is technically on the mainline, this part of the mainline is still within yard limits, so no coordination with BNSF's Front Range Dispatcher is necessary. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111258 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct to Pecos X-Over (MP 3.2 to MP 4.0) Denver, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A pair of SD70ACes bring up the tail end of BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest as it passes by the north end of UP's North Yard on the main track. Several decades ago, the open dirt area to the right was used for loading and unloading an intermodal train that ran between North Yard and Salt Lake City. Alas, all such trains these days run on the Greeley Sub to the Overland Route rather than over the Moffat, as some of the tunnels on the Moffat are not high enough to accommodate double stacks. Speaking of double stacks, note the BNSF yard job, switching around some double stacks at BNSF's Rennicks Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111257 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, BNSF There is quite a bit happening in this picture! First, the train passing under the signal bridge to the right is UP's MGJNY. Coming off the Moffat, the train is entering in Track 5 here at North Yard for classification. Next to it, the train on the left under the signal bridge is BNSF's HPVODEN, coming from Provo, UT. This train had been following the MGJNY just a few blocks back since Cliff and, out of necessity, is now passing it here in Denver. Meanwhile, a BNSF yard job is working on building a double stack train to the left, with the classic EMDs kicking up exhaust like they should be Alcos! The track crossing perpendicular to many of the other through the scene is the Belt Industrial Lead which leads to UP's Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111256 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Even at the start of November, there is still quite a bit of fall color to be seen around the Denver-Metro area. Trees and shrubs just west of Pecos are showing off their yellows as a C44-9W leading two SD70ACes on the point of the BNSF Provo-Denver rolls slowly by on Bypass (Main) 2, approaching a diverging approach signal ahead at Pecos Crossover. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111255 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF An eastbound BNSF Provo-Denver, with elephant-style GEs on the point, approaches the I-76 overpass between C&S Junction and Pecos Crossover. The train would normally be on Main 3 (second from the right), but UP's MGJNY arrives just minutes earlier and is working on getting into North Yard. To avoid delaying this train, DS-378 aligned it east on Bypass (Main) 2. At Pecos Crossover, the train will move to Main 3 to continue east to BNSF's 31st Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111254 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Four units lead a relatively short (compared to this trains typical length) 67 car manifest east on Main 2. This is the only manifest UP still runs on the Moffat. The cars come from industries in Grand Junction as well as on the Craig Branch. A few coal loads and a lot of covered hoppers are pretty typical for the train, and today is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111247 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is a reasonably pleasant November morning here at C&S Junction as the westbound Zephyr crosses Federal Blvd on Main 2. It is around 50°F outside, and slowly warming up. It may be the last temperate day for awhile as, starting tomorrow, there is at least a 40% chance for snow all the way until next Sunday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111246 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The morning Zephyr passes underneath the signal bridge at C&S Junction. The Zephyr is running right on time as it charges west on Main 3 (changing to Main 2 here at C&S). Four tracks collapse down to just two when heading westbound here at C&S. The four tracks, from left-to-right, are Bypass (Main) 1, Bypass (Main) 2, Main 3, and the North Yard Siding. The two tracks in the foreground, from left-to-right, are Main 1 and Main 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111245 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 296 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is making its scheduled stop at Denver Union Station in a scene that is now an urban jungle, radically different from how it looked 20 years earlier. The Zephyr has received all of its releases and will be ready to pull at its scheduled departure time of 8:46am. Note the A-Line and N-Line commuter trains sitting on the tracks to the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111244 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 223 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An SD60M and an SD75I, in matching New Image schemes, sit near the engine house in Denver. BNSF 1448 was sported Cascade Green with a white BN herald on the nose. BNSF 290 originally wore the Warbonnet scheme. Very interesting finding these two units together. They are pretty rare in 2024 as most of either model have been in long term storage. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111243 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 154 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An interesting pairing between an SD75I and an SD60M sit near the BNSF engine house in Denver. It has been a full decade since I last shot a BNSF SD75I and nine years since I shot a BNSF SD60M! Indeed, I suspect it is the first time I've ever seen these models paired up together. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111242 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I love that nearly 30 years after the merger between Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, you can still find units holding on to their Cascade Green schemes! True, the paint is a bit shoddy, but it is still BN green. An SD40-2 and a former GP30, rebuilt into a GP38-3, hang out near the engine house. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111241 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 3, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A handful of BNSF units sit near the engine facility in Denver. There are actually typically more units sitting here, but things are a bit light on this Sunday morning. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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