Photo ID: 110147 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at the north side of burned down Building #3. You can see that on the north side of the building, there was a "trench" that ran beneath one of the tracks for maintenance on the under side of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110146 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The north face of the main shops at Burnham, now quiet from activity for nearly eight years. All of the rails at Burnham were pulled up and repurposed by Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110145 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Since UP closed the shops at Burnham, private security has been on the premises, ostensibly to protect the property from vandals. Despite the private security, graffiti "artists" have managed to do quite a job on the buildings on the property. Including the "Graffiti Kings" tag along the top of the building. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110144 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 119 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of the pieces of machinery that was located at Burnham was a transfer crane that ran on rails. Most of the relevant parts have been auctioned off, but the piece of the crane that spans the ground between the rails still remains. (I am not a crane expert, so feel free to leave a comment with more information, should you have it!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110143 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Rio Grande's (and later SP and UP's) Burnham shops were located quite close to Denver. UP closed the shop on February 14, 2016. Rumor has it that in 1996, UP made a deal with then Colorado governor Roy Romer, agreeing to keep the shop open for 20 years in exchange for Colorado not objecting to UP mothballing Tennessee Pass the following year in 1997. The shops had a turntable that was still in use right up until the shops closed. The shops predate the 8th Avenue viaduct which, when built, had to be built around the south end of the main shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110142 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An overview of the main shop at Burnham. This is where, until February 14, 2016, UP made major repairs to diesel units in Denver. Prior to UP, SP and (of course) Rio Grande carried out maintenance here. After closing the shop, units in need of maintenance in Denver must go to North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110141 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Building #3 at the (former) Burnham Shops in Denver used to have 10 stalls, and was used for maintenance. In the summer of 2021, the building caught fire and burned completely to the ground. Since UP had already removed all the equipment from the property it cared about, little was done for the old building, other than putting the flames out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110140 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After UP abandoned the Burnham Shops in Denver, in the summer of 2021, Building #3, which housed some maintenance equipment, completely burned to the ground. The stalls for the shop used to be accessed by a transfer table, now long since removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110139 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 143 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 663 is a former Missouri Pacific GP38-2 (with no dynamic brakes). It has certainly seen better days, as it is absolutely covered in graffiti. More than likely, it recently came to Denver from Southern California. It and fellow UP SD40-2 are part of a yard transfer. UP brought some cars over to BNSF, and they are not preparing to head back to North Yard. Additionally, take note of the long hood of BNSF 6778, which appears to say "BSNF"! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110138 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A snoot-nose SD40-2 and a GP39-2 are switching cars at the east end of BNSF's 31st Street Yard. BNSF's typically has yard jobs switching on both ends of the yard, and this Sunday is no exception. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110137 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A pair of SD40-2s are switch in the yard as BNSF's Chicago to Denver Z-train slowly rolls through the yard on the main track. There is also a coal load on Coal 1 and a grain train on Coal 2, both waiting for crews so they can head south. These three tracks (the main and the two coal tracks) are all CTC right now, controlled by the Brush Sub Dispatcher. All other tracks are yard tracks, and under the jurisdiction of the 31st Street Yardmaster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110073 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr got stuck at Union Station for over four hours this morning due to a motive power issue. When it arrived, AMTK 816 had been leading. Before it could depart west, AMTK 816 had to be swapped with AMTK 63. Without knowing for certain, the speculation is that there was a problem with the HEP (Head End Power) with AMTK 63, so it had to be swapped with AMTK 816, allowing AMTK 816 to become the unit providing power to the train. In any case, the train is on the move and crossing over Clear Creek on Main 2 in the OS at C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110072 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 115 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak A UP track tamper is working on some maintenance on Main 1 as the westbound Zephyr proceeds by on Main 2 in the OS at C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110071 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The Zephyr is about to knock down an Approach Diverging (yellow over yellow) signal at C&S Junction. The train will continue west on Main 2, and then proceed through the diverging route (Main 2 to the Main) at Arvada. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110070 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr wraps around the curve between Utah Jct and Pecos Street, passing by the Cargill grain elevator and old Denver & Salt Lake water tower. Off in the distance is the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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