Photo ID: 111333 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 404 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of GP40-2s sit near the yard office in North Yard, awaiting their next assignment. Neither of these geeps started life as Union Pacific units. The further unit, UP 1506 was SP 7128 when UP merged with Espee. However, the units history dates further back. It was originally delivered to the Baltimore and Ohio in September 1971 as B&O 4011! UP 1357, on the other hand, was delivered to Rio Grande in April 1972 as DRGW 3102. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111332 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A GP38-2 (now a GP38N) and an SD40-2 (now an SD40N) sit idly in North Yard. These units are the currently power used for switching cars in the yard. At the moment, no cars need to be switched! Without knowing anything about the numbering scheme for UP's roster or specific history of units, I can guarantee that this GP38-2 is either of Missouri Pacific or MKT heritage. How? Note that it lacks dynamic brakes. Missouri Pacific and MKT, both being plains railroads, ordered some units without any dynamic brakes. In this case, this was originally MP 2188, delivered to Missouri Pacific in February 1980, just shy of three years before UP would take over MP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111331 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific While the lighting is not fantastic for this shot, I could not resist getting a shot of this UP GP60. My favorite two four axle units are the GP30 and the GP60, so anytime I come across either, I have to try for a shot. This guy was built in September 1989 and was delivered to Espee as a Cotton Belt unit! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111330 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 243 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A string of units sits on the ready track in North Yard. The name "ready track" comes exactly where you might imagine. These units have been serviced and are ready for their next assignment, whatever that might be. It appears the crew that moved the units accidentally left the headlights on on UP 7849! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111320 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sandown to Roydale Denver, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific UP 6360, former SP 316, leads an eastbound loaded oil train underneath Central Park Blvd. Half of this overpass was built in 2012 to accommodate the growing commercial and residential neighborhoods on the former Stapleton International Airport land. At that time, the bridge carried one lane of traffic each direction. In 2018, the bridge was doubled in width, and there are now two lanes in each direction on the bridge. The train is about to cross Sand Creek on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111319 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific A UP oil load rolls east on Main 1 alongside Central Park Station. Just over 30 years ago, this would have been on the north edge of the field of Stapleton International Airport. Go further back in time, this was once the location of Sandown Junction, where the Rock Island left the KP to the right (where the covered hopper sits) over to the Belt Line and the connection to the Rio Grande at North Yard. That connection has since been severed, however. Now, the area has been completely redeveloped for both commercial and residential purposes. Most recently, the RTD A-Line (commuter rail) to DIA was built. RTD was able to use UP's Limon Sub corridor for the alignment. As part of the deal for the land, RTD paid for UP to install CTC and a second main track through the corridor. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111314 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A pair of GEs were removed from the tail end of an eastbound loaded oil train on Bypass 2 are headed for North Yard. They will pull west on Main 1 to clear the signal at C&S, then get a light to cross over to Main 2 and the North Yard siding to head back east. In the distance, you can just see the tail end of the westbound Zephyr on Main 2. One additional note of interest...UP 6345 was original SP 296! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111313 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running about 20 minutes behind schedule this morning as it passes by a westbound oil empty that is in the process of preparing to depart west as well. The Zephyr is on Main 3 and has an Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal at C&S. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111312 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe is being added to the pair of ES44ACs that are currently on a westbound oil train on Bypass 1. After getting the unit added, waiting for the Zephyr, and performing an air test, the oil train will be ready to head west. In the distance, you can see the tail end of an eastbound oil load that arrived a few hours earlier. That power will be removed from the train before it departs east for the KP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111311 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 244 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on this single SD70ACe looks out the window as the unit backs across Federal Blvd on Main 1. The unit will be added to the point of a westbound empty oil train. A few years ago, UP laid off all of the engine hostlers in Denver. These hostlers would make sure power changes like this were done before the road crew showed up. Now, the road crew is responsible for doing all these power shuffling activities before departing the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111310 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 230 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP SD70ACe sits on Main 1 just west of the signals at the C&S Junction. Before unit trains (mostly oil trains these days, coal trains in the past) head west on the Moffat, UP frequently will do a little power shuffling. Often times adding a unit to a train that came off the relatively flat plains before it heads into the Rockies. Such is the case here as this SD70ACe is waiting for authority from DS-378 to back east onto the point of a westbound oil train, just barely visible way off in the distance. This shot also demonstrates how long the OS at C&S Junction is. It must be one of the longest anywhere, as it is roughly 1/2 a mile between switches! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111309 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This shot is just an overview shot of BNSF's engine house and facilities. Unlike UP, which has moved all but the most minor of maintenance out of Denver, BNSF still does some more substantial maintenance on engines here in Denver. How cool it would be to see this exact same perspective 40 years ago... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111308 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, BN I felt like this was a pretty fantastic find! A pair of BN (yes...patched BNSF...but still Cascade Green) switching together on a yard job at 31st Street. Note the second unit might, at first glance, appear to be a GP30. And, it did indeed start life as exactly that. However, BNSF no longer has any "true" GP30s left on the roster. They have all been rebuilt and this unit is now designated as a GP39-3. If you look close enough, you'll note the center (smaller) radiator fan has been removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111307 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I've probably made this comment before on another picture, but it still never ceases to amaze me just how many Warbonnets are still on the rails in 2024. And, in addition, just how many of them are still in pretty decent shape, considering it has been around thirty years since any of them were painted. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111306 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Montana Rail Link, BNSF Buried in the fuel tracks at BNSF's 38th Street engine house, this MRL SD70ACe (4305) awaits its next assignment. BNSF took control of MRL at the start of 2024. Since then, the MRL power has been scattered across the BNSF system, being assigned to trains like any other BNSF unit. However, the MRL units are not (yet) equipped with PTC, so they, sadly, never on the point of a train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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