Photo ID: 106749 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1412 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look into the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard from the York Street grade crossing. Coors Field is clearly visible in the background. There is a clear signal for a coal load that is coming from the Belt Industrial Lead that is headed for the Limon Sub (the KP Line). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106748 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1440 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This coal train was loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. It ran over the Moffat at night, but had a new crew called in Denver for 7:15am. Here, the crew has the train rolling east at York Street on the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106659 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak This is rather rare mileage for the California Zephyr. The train is on the four mile long Belt Industrial Lead that connects North Yard and the Moffat to the Greeley Sub. The Zephyr crosses over York Street on a bridge with "Rio Grande" fly letters still visible on it! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106658 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is passing by Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant in northeast Denver. For decades, this power plant has been powered by coal. However, Xcel is nearly done converting it to run on natural gas. The two white stacks to the left are new, and part of the gas-burning portion of the plant. The stack to the right are older and part of the coal-burning portion of the plant. The Zephyr, incidentally, is here because it is detouring through Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106657 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is currently headed east on the Belt Industrial Lead. With the Moffat closed, the Zephyr is detouring through Wyoming, and the Belt Line is the connection from the Moffat (at North Yard) to the UP Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106570 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1414 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A (rebuilt) GP39-3, still in "Yellowbonnet" paint, sits on track Rip 4 at the BNSF engine house. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106569 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1634 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Just one single SD40-2 was in the engine house on this particular June morning. BNSF 1812 is here for its standard 92-day inspection. Once the inspection has been completed, it will be released from the shop and available for use. The unit is sitting on Line 1, close to the west end of the house. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106568 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1422 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A look down Line 3 from the east end of the engine house entrance. As you can see, this track only goes about 3/4 of the way through the house and then comes to a dead end. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106567 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1511 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A GP39-3 sits sits with its from truck missing from underneath it. The truck is also missing an axle. The axle is being replaced (with a new traction motor). Once the axle is secured back on the truck, the front of the GP39-3 will be lifted off the ground and the truck will be rolled in place underneath it. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106566 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1378 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Two cranes work together to lift up the front of the truck for this GP39-3. In a few minutes, the new axle and traction motor will be rolled underneath the truck and the truck will be lowered on to the axle. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106565 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF With a new axle and traction motor now lowered down on to the rail head, a work crew detaches the axle from the crane that lowered it in place. Next, the axle will be rolled underneath the truck, visible behind the crew. Then, the truck will be rolled underneath the GP39-3, further in the background. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106564 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Changing out a traction motor is a fairly common type of maintenance that you are likely to see around busy rail yards. The traction motor is well-bolted to the axle, so it is far easier to simply change out the entire axle rather than just the traction motor alone. Here, a crew aligns this new axle and traction motor combination with the rail. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106563 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Don't forget your hard hat! Safety is taken very seriously by the railroads and hard hats, steel toed boots, and safety vests are required around the yard shop. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106562 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An SD40-2 sits on Line 1 inside the BNSF engine house. The unit is here for its 92-day inspection. Between roughly 1995 and 2015, 92-day inspections were no conducted in Denver. They had been moved to places like Alliance, NE. However, they were recently returned to Denver. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106561 Date Shot Photo By Friday, June 9, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Need a brake shoe or two? A box of them sits ready for maintenance guys to grab and utilize. (Photo taken with BNSF Permission during an official tour with the Friends of the Burlington Northern) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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