Photo ID: 111443 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 20th Street Denver, CO 268 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific After sitting still at Prospect Jct for nearly 90 minutes, this UP manifest is finally on the move southbound. A broken rail south of Littleton on Main 1 has all southbound trains stopped. This train, the MNYPU, typically runs on the Joint Line overnight in the dark, so catching it in daylight is a rare opportunity. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111442 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots GMTX A former UP SD45 (now designated as an SD40M-2) is now owned by the leasing company GATX. The old 20-cylinder prime mover has long since been removed and replaced with a 16-cylinder prime mover, like those in the SD40-2. Still, it is pretty cool catching what appears to be an SD45, based on the car body. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111441 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF While the Buck Lead is used daily by the morning California Zephyr to access Union Station, it is also used periodically throughout the day by BNSF when they need to wye power (turn it around). Four units are being brought out on the Buck Lead now for that exact reason. To be turned around and added to a train in the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111440 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS000 (Prospect Junction) Denver, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Here we are at milepost 0 here at CP DS000 (Prospect Jct). Mileposts start counting up on the Moffat Tunnel Sub (the way the camera is looking). Mileposts also start counting up south on the Joint line (behind the camera). UP's MNYPU is currently stopped on Main 1 just north of the signal protecting Prospect Jct. You can clearly still see the switch is bent toward Main 2 on the empty track. The westbound Zephyr came through here about 25 minutes earlier. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111439 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Montana Rail Link Now that MRL is owned by BNSF, and the MRL power has started to be distributed throughout the BNSF system, I have seen a couple MRL SD70ACes come through Denver. Another example was MRL 4317, which was in UP's North Yard on this Sunday morning. UP is working to add this unit, and the BNSF unit with it, on a transfer train that will return them to BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111438 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 252 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Montana Rail Link, Union Pacific A pair of UP units back down the inbound lead at the south end of North Yard with a BNSF ES44AC and an MRL SD70ACe. This is part of a yard transfer that will move a block of cars from UP over to BNSF to facilitate customer needs. The BNSF and MRL units are being returned to BNSF after some power sharing on UP. The train on the outbound lead on the next track over is UP's daily MNYPU, which runs from North Yard to Pueblo, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111437 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak After a perfect on-time departure at 8:46am, the westbound Zephyr has left the yard tracks behind and is on the mainline heading west. The track the Zephyr is on is UP's Moffat mainline and is CTC-controlled by UP's DS-378 in Omaha, NE. The tracks behind the Zephyr are the UP yard tracks in North Yard. The tracks in foreground on the opposite side of the Zephyr are BNSF, and part of their Rennicks intermodal facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111436 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer The power for the Rocky Mountaineer continues to sit on a stub track at UP's North Yard. With the 2025 season still about four months away, the power is likely waiting for some off-season maintenance. A pair of UP GEs sits near the fuel tracks in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111435 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 331 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District When Amtrak is making its station stop in the morning in the winter months, the rising sun shines directly down 17th Street, perfectly lighting the front of the classic station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111434 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 273 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Regional Transportation District A look inside Denver Union Station. The Christmas tree and Christmas decorations have all be put up for the holiday season. While the infrastructure was not changed with the redevelopment of the area, the inside of Union Station was pretty significantly remodeled. New restaurants and the Terminal Bar were added. The Crawford Hotel moved in. The seating inside was completely redone. It looks pretty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111433 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr is currently stopped on Track 4 at Denver Union Station. A few passenger are still arriving, ready to board the train that is scheduled to depart in roughly 15 minutes. The train is a bit forward on Track 4 as the train has to stop at the fuel pads for the engines as Denver is a refueling stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111432 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The final Superliner on the morning Zephyr is a combined Coach-Baggage car. It is sitting on Track 4 near the classic Denver Union Station building. Despite all the construction in this area over the past 20 years, the station itself hasn't changed much, and still sports the classic "Union Station" and "Travel by Train" signs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111430 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak The ALC-42 Chargers hold roughly 2,200 gallons of diesel fuel. As you can see from the reading, almost exactly half of the fuel has been used on this particular units. 1,173 gallons are still in the tank. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111429 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak A look at the conductor's side of AMTK 341, sporting the Phase 7 scheme. As is the case with many units, the model number is on the nose. The builders plate is also located on the nose. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111428 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 15, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 280 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak When Amtrak was first formed in 1971, it was EMD that primarily got into the passenger power game, with the SDP40, followed by the F40PH. Then, in the 1990s, GE won the next contract with Amtrak with the P42DCs, beating out EMD's F59PHI. Fast-forward another 30-ish years, and neither EMD or GE (well, now Wabtec) are in the passenger game! Siemens is in the process of building 125 ALC-42 "Chargers" to supplements (or, in some instances, replace) the aging P42DC fleet. The units will be numbered 300 to 424. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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