Photo ID: 113450 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak It's not too often you see a quartet of P42DCs on the Zephyr! In truth, only the first two P42s here are the power for the Zephyr. The train departed Chicago yesterday with the equipment for the Winter Park Express. The last two P42s and the five Superliner beyond are all equipment for the Winter Park Express, which starts running next Friday. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113449 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When pulling out of Track 4 to move the Winter Park Express equipment over to Track 5, the derail out of Union Station was not aligned. One of the engineer's from AMTK 199 is on the ground and will hand-throw the derail. An RTD N-Line train is arriving Union Station to the left as a G-Line train is arriving to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113448 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak This morning, the westbound California Zephyr showed up in Denver with equipment for the Winter Park Express! The train backed into Track 4 and dropped off the passenger cars (and baggage car) of the Zephyr. Here, the first two P42DCs are the power for the Zephyr. The second two and the five Superliners behind are the Winter Park Express. The Winter Park Express will be set out on Track 5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 101 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of relatively new ES44ACHs lead a southbound coal load on Main 2 along Hogan's Alley (and I-25) just a few miles from downtown Denver. This is the far north end of the Joint Line with both BNSF and Union Pacific running trains here, although both mains here are owned by BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113399 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Santa Fe Classic Santa Fe blue and yellow units are, of course, becoming increasingly rare in 2025. So, I was really happy to nab this shot of a BNSF GP39-2 (still painted in "Yellowbonnet") with a former-Santa Fe SD45-2B sitting in North Yard in the distance, waiting to be moved to Iowa. BNSF 2854 is switching some intermodal cars around at Rennicks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113398 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 144 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX One of the more interesting units to have ever existed! B-units were tried by various railroads at various times since the introduction of diesel-electric locomotives. Such units have a prime mover and traction motors, but simply lack a cab. This means they can only be controlled when they are in a consist with another unit (or units). EMD never produced an SD45-2B (seen here); rather, Santa Fe did a conversion program themselves that removed the cab from eight SD45-2s, creating B-units. I am not sure exactly what the reason was for doing this. If anyone reading this caption is aware of the reason, feel free to leave a comment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113397 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 148 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX This unit and this paint scheme really take me back to my childhood. As a kid of the 1980s, I remember seeing a few SD45-2Bs when my dad would take me out train chasing. It was really cool to see ex-ATSF 5703 here in North Yard, waiting to be moved to Iowa, hopefully for restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113396 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A note on the door of this F40PH has a note indicated that the unit is running "dead in consist", and that the handbrake is located near the rear door. The cab doors are locked and inaccessible. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113395 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 137 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A few days earlier, I got a few shots of this ex-Amtrak F40PH at BNSF's engine house in Denver. The pervious day, the unit (along with an ex-ATSF SD45-2B) were transferred to Union Pacific. Here, the last F40PH delivered to Amtrak from EMD sits near the fuel tracks, waiting to head to Iowa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113394 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A trio of UP GP38-2s sit in North Yard, UP 663 kicking up a ton of exhaust. All three of these units started their lives as Missouri Pacific units. Missouri Pacific, being primarily a high plains railroad, is one of a handful of railroads that ordered some units without dynamic brakes, deeming them unnecessary for the terrain they ran in. Today, such units are almost always relegated to yard service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113393 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 151 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This UP GP38-2 has seen better days for a number of reasons. I'm guessing that it has spent some time either in the Houston area, or in Southern California, based on the extensive graffiti. Additionally, white exhaust is pouring out of the exhaust stacks as well. In a diesel-electric locomotive, this is generally indicative of unburned diesel fuel in the cylinders, sometimes from injection timing issues. However, it is possible that it might just be the result of a cold start, and the temperature this morning is only about 25°F, so if the unit was just started, that could explain the exhaust as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113391 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terrill Junction Denver, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF At Terrell Junction on the BNSF Golden Sub, BNSF's afternoon "Beer Run" has nearly completed the 12-ish mile trip from the 31st Street Yard out to Coors Lower Yard in Golden. Here at Terrell Junction, the diverging route goes to the lower yard, while the non-diverging route goes to the upper yard. The conductors just threw the switch and is walking back to check sometime further back on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113390 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF yard local is returning to the 31st Street Yard, pushing back into a yard track. Meanwhile, a crew is boarding a pair of SD70ACes that are power on the "Beer Run", getting ready to depart for the Golden Sub to head to Coors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113389 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 140 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX Not a pair of units I ever expected to see individually in 2025, let alone in a lash-up together! A former Santa Fe SD45-2B and a former Amtrak F40PH are both being moved from California to Iowa. Neither is currently operational, and are being moved "DIC" (Dead-In-Consist). They will be transferred from BNSF to UP here in Denver to continue on to Iowa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113388 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX Amtrak's Phase 4 paint scheme has always been my personal least favorite of all of Amtrak's schemes. However, finding it on this retired F40PH is not something I am complaining about! The unit is on its way to Middletown, IA from Anaheim, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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