Photo ID: 108761 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 987 (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 958 (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 840 (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 852 (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 861 (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 1187 (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 1109 (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 1321 (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 1118 (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 1119 (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. Photo ID: 108380 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Walnut Street Denver, CO 1200 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific It is pretty rare these days to catch a UP train on the Joint Line. Other than the almost-daily MNYPU and MPUNY manifest trains that run between North Yard and Pueblo, there isn't usually much Armour Yellow to be found. The MNYPU and MPUNY typically run overnight. However, I got a tip that a loaded coal train was making a daytime appearance! So, we start here at Walnut Street in Denver as the train approaches a clear signal at Walnut Street on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 810 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is not always apparent from the ground, but the blades for wind turbines have a pretty significant curve to them! Each blade actually spans two flat cars. From top to bottom, the tracks here are the North Yard Siding, Main 3, Bypass 2, and Bypass 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 994 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak As the head end of the morning westbound Zephyr knocks down an approach signal at Pecos Crossover, the tail end of the Zephyr just passed by the old water tower, still standing near Utah Junction. To the right, the MNYNP sits on Bypass 2, waiting to come in to the yard. A blade train from Vestas is also waiting for new power to head south on the Joint Line to Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108377 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 19, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak At the beginning of its journey west of Denver, the daily California Zephyr passes underneath the sole-remaining Rio Grande era signal bridge at the west (geographic north) end of North Yard. The train is on the main, running alongside the North Yard siding and the yard lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108350 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 10, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1022 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific There is barely a cloud in the sky on a July day that saw triple digit heat in the Denver Metro area. The Colorado Springs Utility coal train sits on Yard Track 1, awaiting for a crew. Once it gets a crew, it will depart on the Belt Industrial Lead and head to the Greeley Sub and north to the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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