Photo ID: 103168 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 1975 (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 1899 (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 1802 (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 2294 (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 1958 (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 2375 (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 1699 (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 2452 (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 2002 (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. Photo ID: 103061 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2081 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Union Pacific A trio of units sit near BNSF's engine shop in Denver as a (somewhat unusual) morning storm moves in toward Denver from the southwest. An interesting note about UP 5701. That was the number ex-Rio Grande GP60 #3155 was originally slated to get in UP's roster. However, the GP60s were moved into the 1900-number series before the unit could actual pick up the number. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103060 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, August 15, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2050 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This is a little bit of an odd sight! A UP C44AC-CTE is poking its head out of BNSF's engine shop in Denver. BNSF was borrowing the unit from UP, and at this moment the unit was being used to drag a unit out of the engine facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103058 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver Union Station Denver, CO 2921 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific Modern modelers rejoice! You can now take your DRGW Heritage Unit and your Zephyr train set and run them together!! UP 1989 sits on the point of the Zephyr at Union Station. The second P42 was not loading and UP 1989 was added in Salt Lake City to help out. The train would leave Union Station about 20 minutes later, with UP 1989 still on the point for the trip to Chicago. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103057 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 3485 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific In the foreground, UP 1989 and Amtrak 6 back down the passenger lead into Union Station. In the distance, the Colorado Rockies play the Pittsburgh Pirates at Coors Field. The Pirates would go on to win, 7-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103056 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 2984 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr, led by UP 1989, backs down the passenger lead and into Union Station. Sure wish there had been a bit more water gathered in that pool on the ground! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103055 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 38th Street Yard Denver, CO 3250 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak, Rio Grande, Union Pacific Arriving in Denver just a few minutes late, the California Zephyr is led by UP 1989 into BNSF's 31st Street Yard. The train will then back down the passenger lead into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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