Photo ID: 113792 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF BNSF's daily "Beer Run" passes by Rennicks (left side of the shot) and UP's North Yard (right side of the shot) on its way to Golden. BNSF's Golden Switch, which works industries between Golden and C&S Junction during the week, has its power taken to the yard in Denver on Saturday for servicing. The power is then returned to Golden on Sundays. Looks like a pair of SD40-2s are the current power for the local. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113791 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 83 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A former Espee GP40-2 and a former Mopac GP38-2 sit on the ready track at North Yard, waiting to head to North Platte, NE. Not sure if they are just going to a 92-day inspection (likely), or if there is some other reason why they are headed that direction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113790 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I was a bit surprised to find this old "triclops" SD60M sitting on the ready track in North Yard. I had heard that UP is slowly clearing out a lot of the units that have been stored in Grand Junction, which is likely where this relic of the 1980s and 1990s came from. Not sure if it is going to head for storage, a rebuild, sale, or the scrapper. Considering a chunk of the long hood behind the dynamic brake fan is missing at the top, I'm guessing the disposition might not be great! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113789 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An SD60M "triclops" sits on the ready track along with a few other older EMD units, waiting to head...somewhere. Not sure where they are going to go. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113752 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific So close and yet so far away! UP 1996 and three other units lead Union Pacific's MNYGR. The train is currently picking up its DPU back in north yard. A utility crew is getting its air hose, etc hooked up. If the train were three or four cars shorter, Washington Street would have been cleared. Alas, traffic is going to have to wait a bit longer. While most motorists are probably not railfans, perhaps a few note the uniquely painted Espee heritage unit leading the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113751 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 116 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Belt Industrial Lead, which is only four miles long, is often time a bit of a bottleneck in the Denver area. It connects North Yard to 36th Street Yard, the Limon Sub, and the Greeley Sub. The line also has numerous switches and industries that are regularly switched by a yard job. Since it is a single track main, one train can stop several others. At the moment, this MNYGR is slowing to a stop to pick up its DPU, way back in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113750 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 is technically moving away from the camera, making a reverse move back in to North Yard on the Belt Industrial Lead. The train needs to pick up its DPU before it officially departs and heads for the Greeley Subdivision. The grade crossing is Washington Street, and the overpass in the distance is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113749 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 and train have come to a stop on the Belt Industrial Lead. A North Yard utility crew is throwing a few switches behind the train, so it make a reverse move and pick up its DPU. At the moment, the train is crossing Broadway and Washington Street, likely aggravating a lot of motorists. Momentarily, the train will make a reverse move to pick up the DPU. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113748 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific In one of the more industrial parts of Denver, UP 1996 and the MNYGR pass by a billboard advertising Southwest Airlines. The train is on the 4-mile-long Belt Industrial Lead, which connects North Yard with the Greeley Subdivision (and the Limon Subdivision and 36th Street Yard). The train is just about the pass underneath I-25, the busiest highway in the state of Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113747 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 1996 leads the MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard to Green River) across Broadway as it pulls through CP DS900. The train has picked up the rest of its train from Track 7, and needs to pick up its DPU next. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113746 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 112 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on UP 1996, leading the MNYGR, is doing a roll by on this yard job, pulling on to Bypass 2. Later in the day, the yard job will make a reverse moved, crossing over from Bypass 2 to Main 3, and then into North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113745 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 105 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A yard job, with three GP38-2 (or rebuilt as GP38Ns) and a GP60 lead up the job as it enters Bypass 2. After pulling down to C&S Junction, the yard job crew will be picked up and taken to Rolla (on the Greeley Sub) to "rescue" the MNPNY, where it sounds like their crew may have gone dead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113744 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 108 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A yard job crosses the grade crossing at Broadway passes by an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) signal at CP DS900. Four units lead this yard job, with UP 822 (a GP38N). The unit was delivered as MP 2322 in July 1981. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113743 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A very long UP switch job, which has picked up some cars from the 36th Street Yard, is headed west across the 4-mile-long single track mainline known as the Belt Industrial Lead. Four units pull the train across Washington Street across Copeland Lake. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113742 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 90 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Manifests departing North Yard for the Greeley Sub frequently have to "double over" in the yard, meaning their train cannot fit on a single yard track, and instead is on two (or even more) tracks. The UP crew on the head end here is waiting at a red signal at CP DS900 (Broadway). The train must pull into the OS at Broadway in order to clear the needed yard switch at the back end. The problem is that a North Yard Switch Job is on the Belt Main, headed for Bypass 2, so the train here cannot go anywhere. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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