Photo ID: 108800 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 786 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 and UP 4015 back across I-70, which is now in a trench after spending about 50 years crossing above these tracks on a bridge. Work to drop I-70 in to a trench is about 50% complete. Cars now in the trench are likely oblivious to the largest steam engine in US history above them! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108799 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 838 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific At the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard, UP 4014 sits and waits for some switches behind it to be thrown. The train just came off the Limon Sub and turned north toward the Greeley Sub (which it will depart on come Tuesday). For now, after the switches have been thrown, the train will back down in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108798 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 5, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1206 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Holy construction! For 50 years, I-70 has crossed through the east part of Denver on a bridge known as the "elevated deck". With that bridge aging, it was apparent it would need to be replaced. The Colorado Department of Transportation instead decided to drop I-70 in to a trench and knock down the elevated deck. A small piece of the elevated deck that hasn't been torn down is still visit to the right of the Purina factory. Meanwhile, UP 4014 stops across I-70 on new tracks and a new bridge at the north end of 36th Street Yard, waiting to back in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108763 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 747 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A nice, elevated look at UP 1979 and the viewing area set up by UP for its employees at North Yard. Behind the unit, we find only a handful of units around the fueling and sanding racks. The yard itself looks to be a bit on the empty side. However, it is encouraging to see an empty coal train sitting on yard track 1! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108762 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 868 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP set ups. pretty good viewing area for the "We Are ONE" unit, UP 1979 here at North Yard in Denver. A very large tent with chairs was set up, offering some shade. Employees are welcome to come over and check out the unit when they have a break or at the start or end of their shift. Or even if they are off duty and just want to make the haul down to the yard to check it out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108761 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 936 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The nose of UP 1979 is definitely rather creative! Behind UP's shield and wings is an orange and yellow heart, with the pink and green bands wrapping around the base from the sides of the nose. Overall, a pretty creative design to be sure! The unit is on display here for UP employees in Denver, not too far from the fuel and sand racks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108760 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Multiple armor yellow units provide the backdrop at North Yard for UP 1979. UP painted this SD70M in a special scheme referred to as the "We Are ONE" scheme. The scheme includes the nine Employee Resource Groups that Union Pacific offers for its employees. The first such group, the Black Employee Network (or BEN) was created in 1979, indicating the reason for the number of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108759 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 801 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A top-down view of UP's "We Are ONE" unit, UP 1979. I was a little surprised to find the multi-colored design that was added to the top of the long hood. Looks pretty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108758 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 798 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Along the top of the long hood of UP's "We Are ONE" unit, you can find the nine Employee Resource Groups that UP offers for its employees: AERO - Asian Employee Resource Organization BEN - Black Employee Network BRIDGES - LGBT Employee Network CONAH - Council of Native American Heritage EASE - Educate. Advance. Support. Encourage. LEAD - Women's Advancement: Lead. Education. Achieve. Develop. LEN - Latino Employee Network TIES - Connecting Employees. Uniting Communities. Emerging Professionals VETS - Veterans and Employees Continuing to Serve Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108757 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 801 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Say hello to the latest specially painted Union Pacific unit. UP 1979 is an SD70M painted in the "We Are ONE" scheme. UP created the unit as a unifying unit amongst UP employees. It highlights all of the Employee Resource Groups UP has. The first such group was the Black Employees Network (called "BEN"). That group was created in 1979, hence the number choice for the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108476 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 5, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 1134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Typically, westbound/southbound trains running through Denver (across the Brush and Joint Line) will change crews in the yard. However, the two tracks in the yard where this happens - Coal 1 and Coal 2 - were both plugged with trains when BNSF 6017 rolled through. So, the train is headed down to Englewood. There, a new outbound crew will relieve the current crew that brought the train west from Sterling. Here, the train approaches Walnut Street with Empower Field at Mile High in the background beyond I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108408 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1069 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Another look at a UP passenger special sitting in the Storage Yard at North Yard. The ten car train will depart tomorrow morning for a trip west over the former Grande as far as Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108407 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP Officer's Special sits on one of the tracks in the Storage Yard at the north end of North Yard. The train made the trip here from North Platte, NE today. It will sit in the yard overnight. A crew will be called at 8:00am tomorrow morning and the train is set to depart west for Helper, UT at 9:30am. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108382 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Walnut Street Denver, CO 1066 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF, Union Pacific A single BNSF ES44DC brings up the tail end of this southbound UP coal load as the train passes by the last bit of Elitch Gardens. Due to Denver's climate, the amusement park is only open on a seasonable basis. Alas, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the park remains closed over halfway through July with no open date in sight. The white roller coaster is known as the Mister Twister 2. A classic wood-built roller coaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108381 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 1073 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific The home of the Denver Broncos is now Empower Field at Mile High, a name it has had for just over a year. The stadium has gone through multiple names since opening in 2001. It started as Invesco Field at Mile High. Ten years later, in 2011, the named changed to Sports Authority Field at Mile High. When Sports Authority went bankrupt, the name ended up changing to Broncos Field at Mile High for about 18 months prior to Empower taking the naming rights. In the foreground, a pair of mid-train swing helpers shove on a southbound UP coal load as an RTD Light Rail W-Line train heads for Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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