Photo ID: 103207 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 12, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 Denver, CO 2175 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Well, there is late and then there is really late. It is 9:00am on Saturday morning and the eastbound California Zephyr is just getting into Denver. It is running just about 14 hours late at this point! Cold weather and mechanical problems were the primary causes. This is the reason for the pair of UP units, assisting the train on its journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103206 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, December 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 6 Denver, CO 2106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF If you are feeling a little warm, this picture should cool you off! 15 minutes after sunset and the Golden Switch is headed back west toward Golden on BNSF's Golden Sub. The local runs east out of Golden to switch industries along the line between Coors and C&S Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103185 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 25, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 1933 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A rather lengthy Denver to Green River (WY) manifest starts to pull out of UP's 36th Street Yard, ready for its journey north on the Greeley Sub. The train is just approaching York Street over the left shoulder of the photographer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103176 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1924 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Chicago North Western I always think it is worthwhile posting pictures of patched units. This AC4400CW was CNW 8829 up until June 2004 when it received its patch. Considering it has been 14 years since the UP/CNW merger, I'd say this unit is looking pretty darn good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103173 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 23, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 634 Denver, CO 1790 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The Limon Sub had a couple of westbound trains stacked up on this Friday afternoon. The coal empty in the foreground is headed for the Bypass tracks at North Yard for a crew change. The headlight in the distance belongs to a local that is trying to make its way back to the 36th Street Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103169 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 1 (CP DS001) Denver, CO 1619 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF trains headed west on UP track sometimes use BNSF track between Fox Junction and Utah Junction, and at other times they will use UP track. On this October evening, the Beer Run is running on UP's main as it passes by Fox Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103168 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1923 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern, BNSF A string of five units sit ready for assignment, basking away in the later afternoon sun. The front-most unit is a Norfolk Southern SD70M-2, which don't make their way to Colorado very often. In the distance, a "Rocktober" banner is still posted on Coors Field, thanks to the Rockies fantastic performance since June. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103167 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 1842 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Not a lot going on around UP's 36th Street Yard on this Sunday afternoon! A pair of GP15-1's (complete with Remote Control) sit nose to nose waiting for switching duties. Local power sits off to the left and two AC4400CWs sit ready for their next assignment on the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103166 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 4 (CP DS004) Denver, CO 1763 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF A BNSF Provo to Denver manifest makes it way down Main 3 at the Pecos Crossover. All three main BNSF paint schemes are represented! The New Image, the Heritage 2, and the original Heritage lead the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103163 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 10, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 5 (CP DS005) Denver, CO 2237 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF Whoops! That's gonna leave a mark. The handbrake on this covered hopper failed to get set. The hopper was on the BNSF Golden Branch (that leads to Coors) and ended up rolling east down the line! It was going roughly 45 MPH when it hit the switch at C&S Junction and derailed. What looks like snow in the foreground are actually little plastic (non-toxic) beads, which the hopper was carrying. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103144 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Light Rail Denver, CO 1908 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad RTD D Line (Littleton) Regional Transportation District One of RTD's Light Rail trains heads north on the "D-Line", headed for downtown Denver. The tracks in the foreground are at the north end of UP's Burnham Yard facility. This was originally Rio Grande's primary maintenance yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103143 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Shops Denver, CO 2314 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Grand Luxe Express If I had taken this shot one year earlier, you would have seen the Ski Train cars in the shot! These are the tracks at Burnham at which the Ski Train was stored during the off season. Instead, the tracks are now filled with former Grande Luxe Express cars. The cars were purchased by Phil Anschutz and are currently being repaired and upgraded. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103142 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 30, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Lead Denver, CO 1655 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Several times each day (as needed), hostlers from North Yard transport units from North Yard to the shops at Burnham. These units may need repairs, or they may simply be due for their 90-day inspection. Here, a set of seven units is on the Burnham Lead. The units just came off of the Joint Line at Walnut Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103063 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed MP 3 Denver, CO 2386 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF With its journey nearly in the books, BNSF's daily HLAUDEN (Laurel, MT to Denver, CO) freight pulls across Pecos Street. In the next four to eight years, this scene is supposed to be quite different as RTD Light Rail (or Commuter Rail) should be visible at this location. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103062 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 1955 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Okay everybody, why is it important to not race the train to the grade crossing? About two weeks earlier, a tanker truck loaded with Ethanol attempted to beat this SD40-2 to a grade crossing. The result was a huge fireball and a lot of heat! Amazingly, nobody was hurt in the incident. The SD40-2 was doing local switching. It had no cars at the time and was running long hood forward, which is no doubt what saved the crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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