Photo ID: 113401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hogan's Alley Denver, CO 27 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A pair of relatively new ES44ACHs lead a southbound coal load on Main 2 along Hogan's Alley (and I-25) just a few miles from downtown Denver. This is the far north end of the Joint Line with both BNSF and Union Pacific running trains here, although both mains here are owned by BNSF. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113399 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF, Santa Fe Classic Santa Fe blue and yellow units are, of course, becoming increasingly rare in 2025. So, I was really happy to nab this shot of a BNSF GP39-2 (still painted in "Yellowbonnet") with a former-Santa Fe SD45-2B sitting in North Yard in the distance, waiting to be moved to Iowa. BNSF 2854 is switching some intermodal cars around at Rennicks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113398 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX One of the more interesting units to have ever existed! B-units were tried by various railroads at various times since the introduction of diesel-electric locomotives. Such units have a prime mover and traction motors, but simply lack a cab. This means they can only be controlled when they are in a consist with another unit (or units). EMD never produced an SD45-2B (seen here); rather, Santa Fe did a conversion program themselves that removed the cab from eight SD45-2s, creating B-units. I am not sure exactly what the reason was for doing this. If anyone reading this caption is aware of the reason, feel free to leave a comment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113397 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX This unit and this paint scheme really take me back to my childhood. As a kid of the 1980s, I remember seeing a few SD45-2Bs when my dad would take me out train chasing. It was really cool to see ex-ATSF 5703 here in North Yard, waiting to be moved to Iowa, hopefully for restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113396 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A note on the door of this F40PH has a note indicated that the unit is running "dead in consist", and that the handbrake is located near the rear door. The cab doors are locked and inaccessible. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113395 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX, Amtrak A few days earlier, I got a few shots of this ex-Amtrak F40PH at BNSF's engine house in Denver. The pervious day, the unit (along with an ex-ATSF SD45-2B) were transferred to Union Pacific. Here, the last F40PH delivered to Amtrak from EMD sits near the fuel tracks, waiting to head to Iowa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113394 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 38 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A trio of UP GP38-2s sit in North Yard, UP 663 kicking up a ton of exhaust. All three of these units started their lives as Missouri Pacific units. Missouri Pacific, being primarily a high plains railroad, is one of a handful of railroads that ordered some units without dynamic brakes, deeming them unnecessary for the terrain they ran in. Today, such units are almost always relegated to yard service. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113393 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This UP GP38-2 has seen better days for a number of reasons. I'm guessing that it has spent some time either in the Houston area, or in Southern California, based on the extensive graffiti. Additionally, white exhaust is pouring out of the exhaust stacks as well. In a diesel-electric locomotive, this is generally indicative of unburned diesel fuel in the cylinders, sometimes from injection timing issues. However, it is possible that it might just be the result of a cold start, and the temperature this morning is only about 25°F, so if the unit was just started, that could explain the exhaust as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113391 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Terrill Junction Denver, CO 37 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Golden (BNSF) BNSF At Terrell Junction on the BNSF Golden Sub, BNSF's afternoon "Beer Run" has nearly completed the 12-ish mile trip from the 31st Street Yard out to Coors Lower Yard in Golden. Here at Terrell Junction, the diverging route goes to the lower yard, while the non-diverging route goes to the upper yard. The conductors just threw the switch and is walking back to check sometime further back on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113390 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF yard local is returning to the 31st Street Yard, pushing back into a yard track. Meanwhile, a crew is boarding a pair of SD70ACes that are power on the "Beer Run", getting ready to depart for the Golden Sub to head to Coors. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113389 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 41 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX Not a pair of units I ever expected to see individually in 2025, let alone in a lash-up together! A former Santa Fe SD45-2B and a former Amtrak F40PH are both being moved from California to Iowa. Neither is currently operational, and are being moved "DIC" (Dead-In-Consist). They will be transferred from BNSF to UP here in Denver to continue on to Iowa. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113388 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 36 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BUGX Amtrak's Phase 4 paint scheme has always been my personal least favorite of all of Amtrak's schemes. However, finding it on this retired F40PH is not something I am complaining about! The unit is on its way to Middletown, IA from Anaheim, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113387 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots SPTX A look at the engineer's side...such as it is, considering there is no cab...of this SD45-2B. It was pretty fantastic seeing a unit wearing Santa Fe blue and yellow in 2025. Particularly a unit as unique as this one! These B-units were not built by EMD, but were modifications made by Santa Fe. Santa Fe removed the cabs and created the B-units. A total of eight such B-units were created from SD45-2s. One thing worth noting is that some people confuse a B-unit with a slug. A slug has no prime mover, but still has traction motors with power for the motors supplied by other units in its consist. A B-unit still has its prime mover, but simply has no cab and therefore cannot be controlled unless in an MU-consist with other units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113386 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak This is quite an incredible catch that I lucked into the day before Thanksgiving. This was the very last F40PH (actually, an F40PHR) delivered to Amtrak by EMD. The units were numbered 200 to 409, and were the backbone of the long distance trains on Amtrak through the 1980s and most of the 1990s. As you can see, AMTK 409 is sporting Amtrak's Phase 4 paint scheme. After being retired by Amtrak in 2001, the unit spent years in storage in Bear, DE before being sold to BUGX in private ownership and moved to Anaheim, CA. Here, it is on its way to Middletown, IA, possibly for cosmetic restoration. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113385 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 33 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A little GP60 action hanging around in Denver. This particular unit was originally delivered to Santa Fe in the Warbonnet scheme. In the early 1990s, Santa Fe often ran high priority intermodal trains with an A-B-B-A GP60 set. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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