Photo ID: 110656 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 149 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific North Yard is pretty quiet on Independence Day 2024. A pair of SD40-2s wait for their next assignment. Three units wait for their turn to be serviced, while a string of other units are currently on the track being serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110655 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 128 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Three units that were recently removed from a train await their turn to be serviced at North Yard. They will be refueled and, if necessary, their sand, water, and oil will be refilled as well. Note the unit closed to the camera is an ET44AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of UP SD40-2s sit idle near the yard tower at North Yard. The 50+ year old units are now used as switchers at the yard, the same as many second generation EMDs in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110653 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 188 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is stopped on Track 4 at Denver Union Station for its scheduled station stop. Here at Denver, there is a crew change. The crew getting off the train has been on since Lincoln, NE. The new crew will take the train to Grand Junction, CO. In the foreground, an RTD A-Line train (from Denver International Airport) is arriving on Track 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110652 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The classic Union Station building, now declared a National Historic Landmark, has been surrounded by new buildings over the past 15 years. The westbound Zephyr is stopped on Track 4 for its station stop. An RTD commuter train is out of service on Track 6. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110651 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr backs across the wye bridge on the Buck Main toward Union Station. Once the train clears the switch, the conductor will re-align the switch, and the train will continue in to the station. The crew have already contacted RTD dispatch for permission to back in to Track 4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110650 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The head end of the westbound Zephyr is stopped in the OS at Prospect Jct. The train is technically on Main 2, with Main 1 over to the right of the frame. The nose of AMTK 18 is actually in Yard Limits and out of CTC. The only stretch of CTC on Main 2 here at Prospect Jct is between the two signals. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110649 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 23rd Street Denver, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Amtrak A conductor from the California Zephyr is on the ground on the wye bridge and has aligned the switch for the Buck Main. You can see a restricting signal at the diamond. The Zephyr will use this track to back in to Union Station for its schedule station stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110648 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 247 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is arriving in Denver, having made up some time on the trip in from Fort Morgan. Once the train clears the wye bridge over the South Platte, it'll back across the Buck main into Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110647 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr crosses over the South Platte River and approach a restricting signal at Prospect Junction. The Denver skyline stands tall in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110595 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct (CP DS003) Denver, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific This UP manifest, which just ran south on the Greeley Sub, is nearing the end of its trip to North Yard. The train is about to cross over the Moffat Sub at the diamond here at Utah Jct. The track in the foreground, the Moffat Sub, is the track the Zephyr uses twice daily between Union Station and the Rockies. UP 7855 will be taking their train in to Yard Track 5. They will cut the engines off the train and run them to "the pit" for servicing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110594 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct (CP DS003) Denver, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific At Utah Jct, UP 7855 crosses over BNSF's "New North Main" on its way in to North Yard. BNSF's New North Main continues north on the other side of the diamond to BNSF's Front Range Subdivision, which runs north to Cheyenne. This diamond is one of the very few stretches of CTC for BNSF trains anywhere between Denver and Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110593 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct to Broadway Denver, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific North Yard finally has a yard track available for the arrival of this MGRNY (Manifest, Green River, WY to North Yard, CO). The train is on the single track main between Broadway and Utah Jct. The crew is looking at a restricting (lunar) signal at Utah Jct. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110592 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Wanted to grab a quick roster shot of UP 6294 specifically because, under that yellow paint scheme, you'd find scarlet and gray. Indeed, the AC4400CW started life as SP 241. This summer, the unit celebrates its 29th birthday, as it was originally delivered in June of 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110591 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 172 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 7855 is slowing toward a stop on the Belt Industrial Lead. They do not have a route in to the yard yet, so the engineer will bring the train to a stop just east of Washington Street so as not to block any grade crossing while waiting to get in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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