Photo ID: 105610 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1461 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak Amtrak chose the Phase III paint scheme for use on its Exhibit Train. Remember throughout the 1980s and 1990s when this was the "Amtrak" printed on all the equipment? "America's Railroad" was, of course, just added for the Exhibit Train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105609 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1563 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak In order to create its Exhibit Train (essentially a museum on wheels), Amtrak converted five old baggage cars. Exhibits were set up inside and people could walk through from car to car. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105608 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 3, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 1608 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak After painting several units in celebratory heritage schemes for its 40th Anniversary, Amtrak created an rolling museum, called its "Exhibit Train", that has been touring the country for a couple of years. The train finally came to Denver and was open, for free, to the public for one day. The train was positioned on Track 5 at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105463 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1970 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific, Helm Leasing The West Local diverges and moves from the Main track to Main 2 at Arvada. The local has half a dozen covered hoppers in tow. The local is meeting a westbound BNSF manifest that is currently sitting on Main 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105462 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1663 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The West Local is approaching this control point...which one? Well, CP DS007! The West Local is approaching a diverging approach signal, meaning it will take Main 2 and head east to C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105461 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF, CREX A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest sits on Main 1 just east of Arvada. The crew went on duty at 11am, but the train didn't leave Denver until 4:30pm. Now, due to a fair amount of traffic on the Moffat, the train is holding. Here it will wait for the eastbound West Local, which was east of Leyden as of this picture. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105414 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1723 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF An ES44DC and a (very clean) C44-9W are the sol power for today's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT freight. This train departs Denver daily and runs on the Front Range Sub for the 600-ish mile journey to Montana. Laurel send a counterpart train to Denver each day as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105413 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1746 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX Came across this pair of CSX AC4400CWs on a warm August morning. I like the shot as it nicely compares two CSX paint scheme. The gray scheme on the right had been the norm for many years. More recently, the "Dark Future" scheme - dominated by blue - came out as is now the standard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105412 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1576 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX It isn't every day that CSX units make an appearance in Denver! On this particularly day, however, a pair of them came in with a train off the Brush Sub. Both units have AC traction motors, as indicated by the lightning bolt beneath the number on the cab. CSX only adds this lightning bolts to AC units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105411 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1708 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is definitely a very interesting lashup of power. This train just came in off the Brush Sub with a pair of GP39Ms (rebuilt from GP35s) and a pair of CSX AC4400CWs. The cars were dropped in the yard and the power is now headed for the House for fuel. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105410 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1822 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF The car on the left is part of a larger machine used in washing ballast. Not entirely sure why this piece was sitting near BNSF's Engine House. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105409 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 1711 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Until recently, BNSF's GP60s were in the 8700 number range. They were moved in to the 159 number range in order to make room for new power. This new number range puts the GP60s adjacent to the (originally Warbonnet) GP60Ms. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105408 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 2195 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CITX A colorful trio of (classic) power sits near BNSF's Engine House. This includes a blue SD60 leasor, a blue and yellow GP60 (recently renumbered to 166 to make room for newer power in the roster), and a cascade green SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105407 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Cherokee Power Plant Denver, CO 1699 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This scene can only be duplicated for another two years or so from the time of this picture. UP power is working on assembling the "Public Service" coal train. One remaining generator at Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station in Denver is powered by coal. Two others have already been shut down and replaced by natural gas. The final generator powered by coal will make the switch to natural gas by 2017, according to Xcel. Once that happens, the Cherokee Plant will no longer be a customer of UP, eliminating (roughly) 6-8 coal trains (that counts loads and empties) from the Moffat per week. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105406 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 48th Avenue Denver, CO 2084 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF DPUs on a westbound coal load pass underneath a brand new signal bridge on the east edge of BNSF's Denver yard. The train is running on a new track just put in this year (2015) as part of a project to increase the length of BNSF's coal tracks. Another new track will be laid (to the left of these two in the shot) later this year. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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