Photo ID: 110032 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer Seeing as how it is currently the "off season" for the Rocky Mountaineer, it makes sense that maintenance activities would be taking place. Indeed, the truck from one of the passengers cars has been removed from the car itself. Hydraulic jacks have been used on either side of the passenger car to keep the car elevated while the truck is removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110031 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 473 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer The pair of GP40-3s that serve as the power on the Rocky Mountaineer's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" are currently sitting in UP's 36th Street Yard, shut down and waiting for the start of the spring season. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110030 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 357 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Amongst the power being stored in UP's 36th Street Yard was this gem of a C44-9W! UP 9754 practically looks as though is rolled out of the paint shop. Unfortunate that it is currently stuck in storage, along with many other C44-9Ws and SD70Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110029 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The cars on the left side of the shot here in UP's 36th Street Yard are likely set up for locals that run north and east. The tank cars are likely being stored at the moment, and the UP power is definitely being stored. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110028 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's 36th Street Yard is mainly used for organizing cars for a few locals, and for storage. There are several strings of UP units that are currently in long term storage in the yard, include many SD70Ms and C44-9Ws. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Outbound Main Denver, CO 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars, led by a BNSF C44-9W, approaches the grade crossing at York Street at the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard. The tracks pass by a Purina pet food plant, kicking up some steam, on the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109965 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River Denver, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 5742 leads UP's MNYGR...the final one for 2023...across the South Platte River on the Belt Industrial Lead. Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant is pumping out steam in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109964 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS902 (Broadway) Denver, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Trains departing UP's North Yard to the east do so on the Belt Industrial Lead. About a half mile east from the yard, this manifest is approaching the control point at Broadway. It is here that the Bypass tracks (visible to the right) converge with the Belt Lead. The Bypass tracks were built around 2004 as a shortcut for coal trains that did not need to enter North Yard. Note the old water tank at Utah Junction visible in the distance to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109963 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Utah Jct Denver, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's North Yard, CO to Green River, WY has assembled its train and it is departing the yard on the Belt Industrial Lead. Right as the Belt Lead starts, it passes underneath the RTD B/G Commuter Rail Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109962 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific North Yard in Denver was originally built by the Denver and Salt Lake. It then went to the Rio Grande, followed by Southern Pacific, and now, Union Pacific. There are around 25 yard tracks in North Yard. As you can see, there are cars on most of the tracks, although many of the tracks are not particularly full. If you note the light blue building in the distance (with one white door and one blue door)...this was the car repair facility (called the RIP facility - Repair In Place). On December 5, 2023, UP management decided to close the shop. 13 car repairmen were immediately laid off and escorted off the property! No more car repair facilities in Denver. North Platte is now the closest for repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109928 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Prospect Jct to Fox Jct (MP 1.0 to MP 1.5) Denver, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's afternoon "Beer Run" is headed out of Denver, currently on UP's Main 2 between Prospect Jct and Fox Jct. The train will be on UP for just a few miles before entering the Golden Sub at C&S Junction. Only 3:30pm, yet the light feels like it is practically gone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109927 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 312 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A pair of second generation (but certain rebuilt) EMDs switch the west end of the yard at 31st Street. The power is currently the bridge that crosses over the South Platte river as it backs up with a string of double stacks. I don't think I've ever seen double stacks at 31st Street, as they are generally handled out of Rennicks Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109909 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX CSX 410, an AC4400CW, sits idling on the ready track in North Yard. The ready track is where units that have been fueled and are ready for assignment are kept until such an assignment is available. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109908 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 432 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak In just a matter of about 40 after departing Denver, Amtrak moves from an urban scene to rural mountains. Here, about 15 minutes after leaving Union Station, the Zephyr is still in the midst of the iron jungle, passing alongside UP's North Yard (to the right) and BNSF's intermodal facility (Rennicks Yard) on the left. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109907 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS001 (Fox Junction) Denver, CO 292 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west (geographically north) of Fox Junction, the westbound Zephyr is just about an hour late. The train is on the only track under dispatcher (CTC) control. All other tracks in the shot (in the foreground, anyway) are yard limits. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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