Photo ID: 108067 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1058 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Here is a real sign of the downturn in the economy thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic! North Yard has far more yard tracks open than it has filled right now. One of the tracks (the one that is mostly tank cars with some white covered hoppers at the end) is the end of a train. The MNYNP is about to depart for North Platte, NE and Bailey Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108066 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1117 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of SD40-2s, saddled with switching duties, come to a stop on the "third rail" in North Yard near the yard office. A GP48-2 and another SD40-2 sit on an engine track a few tracks over. The relative lack of cars in the parking lot at the yard office is an indication of the slim economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 970 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An aerial view of UP's North Yard in Denver. A pair of SD40-2s brings a string of cars toward the south end of the yard, ready to switch them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107924 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1327 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 backs down the North Yard Siding and underneath the signal bridge at Pecos Street. A brakeman is protecting the shove back in to the North Yard Storage Yard. The Big Boy will spend the night on the track knows as "Pig 2". This is a reference to many years ago when intermodal ran over the Moffat and was loaded and unloaded there. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107923 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1013 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 is producing a lot of steam as it approaches CP DS004 - the Pecos Street Crossover - on Bypass 2. The train will continue toward the Moffat, pulling just passed C&S Junction in order to back down the North Yard Siding and in to the Storage Yard for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bypass 2 Denver, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Crossing over BNSF's Front Range Subdivision, UP 4014 is approaching an Advanced Approach signal at Pecos. The train will come off Bypass 2 at C&S Junction and back down the North Yard Siding and in to the track known as "Pig 2" at the nroth end of North Yard to tie down for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107921 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634.5 (Sandown) Denver, CO 1571 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Limon (UP) Union Pacific After stopping at Roydale to drop off some passengers, UP 4014 is now crossing Sand Creek on Main 1 parallel to RTD's A-Line that runs out to Denver International Airport. The train will head to North Yard to tie up for the night before returning to Cheyenne the next day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107823 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1648 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Overnight, UP 1989 led a coal empty down the Greeley Sub. The train is headed for the Savage load out in Utah. Alas, the train needed an air brake inspection and therefore had to pull in to North Yard rather than stay on a bypass track. As a result, the train departed with UP 1989 trailing, rather than leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107822 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS004 (Pecos X-Over) Denver, CO 1289 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak On a beautiful January morning, the California Zephyr approaches Pecos Crossover on Main 3. In mid-2018, Amtrak executives had said that no long distance Amtrak trains would run over any stretch of track that did not have Positive Train Control (PTC) implemented. Fortunately, they backed down on that as several train, including the Zephyr, would have been impacted. The former Grande between Grand Junction and Helper does not have PTC (and UP currently has no plans to add it). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 Denver, CO 1201 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passing by milepost 6, the Zephyr accelerates up to track speed as it says goodbye to Denver. Just ahead at the overpass, the train will move in to the suburb of Arvada as it continues its journey west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tennyson Street Denver, CO 1263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is running an hour late as it approaches the Tennyson Street grade crossing on Main 2. UP will do a great job of keeping the train running on clear signals and the train will be 9 minutes early by the time it reaches Reno, NV. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107788 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tennyson Street Denver, CO 1470 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Just west of C&S Junction, the westbound Zephyr accelerates on Main 2 as it approaches the Tennyson Street grade crossing. The train is likely filled with Thanksgiving travelers, heading back for home. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107787 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 25, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tennyson Street Denver, CO 1299 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad RTD G Line (Arvada/Wheat Ridge) Regional Transportation District Despite the infrastructure being completed 2 1/2 years ago, the RTD G-Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge is still not open! The FRA will not allow it to open due to issues with crossing gates staying down too long from time-to-time. However, RTD is allowed to test with empty trains. One such empty train is seen here, heading west at Tennyson Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107564 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 23, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1564 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific With Burnham now gone for 2 1/2 years, North Yard has taken on minor repairs to engines. Anything that cannot be repaired in Denver is typically sent to either North Platte, NE or Little Rock, AR. Here, a string of four units sits on one of the repair tracks at North Yard. Closest to the camera is an NRE 3GS21B; a low emissions unit that spends most of its time in either Texas or California. Taken at North Yard with Union Pacific Permission Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107563 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 23, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1589 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This is something of an interesting looking unit...one that we don't see in Denver too often. This is a 3GS21B, often referred to as a Genset. It was built by National Railway Equipment and uses three low emission Cummins engines. UP has 59 on the roster, and they are primarily used in Texas and California, where emissions standards are more stringent. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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