Photo ID: 113745 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 64 (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 67 (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 66 (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 69 (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. Photo ID: 113741 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 85 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A BNSF switch job, with a still-yellow-and-blue GP39-2, waits patiently at a red signal at Utah Jct. BNSF's tracks cross UP's Belt Lead at Utah Junction, and the diamond is controlled by Union Pacific DS-378. So, the BNSF crew is at the mercy of UP's dispatcher to allow them to cross the diamond to continue their switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113740 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific At the north end of North Yard, the crew of the MNYGR works with a North Yard utility crew to put together their train. They just set out their DPU (visible in the distance), and are about to pick up the first half of their train, on Yard Track 9. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113728 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bypass 2 Denver, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A North Yard switch job pulled out of North Yard and ran west to the Pecos Crossover. It then crossed over from Main 3 to Bypass 2 and started a reverse move. The switch job is now backing down Bypass 2, headed for the Belt Industrial Lead. There are numerous industries on the Belt Line that the yard job will switch out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113727 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Nearly a week ago, on April 15, 2026 (Tax Day), Union Pacific eliminated the role of Yardmaster here at North Yard. The five Yardmasters on the payroll were offered transfers to other locations to enter train service (conductors, engineers, etc). There is now some sort of Yard Manager, different from an actual Yardmaster, in control of the yard. Reports from folks I know that work for Union Pacific are indicating that North Yard is a complete mess at the moment. Indeed, the yard does look must fuller than it has in quite awhile. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113726 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Three units have been set out on Yard Track 1 from a ballast train that is currently on Bypass 1. Among the light power is UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113725 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1996 and two other units sit on Yard Track 1 in North Yard. The signal in the frame is for the mainline, out of frame to the right. This is CP DS002 (North Yard), which allows entrance into the north end of North Yard from the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113724 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 86 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Much to my surprise, UP 1996 has been hanging around Denver for over a week. The train has made a round trip between Denver and Cheyenne. The day before, UP 1996 was assigned to a work train that ran on the Moffat and laid ballast around Big Ten Curve. The ballast train returned to Denver, and UP 1996 (and two other units) were removed from the train, left here on Yard Track 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113692 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 64 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Even though I got a shot of it this morning, UP 1996 does not come through town very often, so I figured it was worth getting one more shot of it; I haven't seen it since 2020 prior to this sighting! It will depart this evening as the fourth unit on the MNYCY. When it comes to heritage units, none of them actually come to Denver particularly often anymore... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113691 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 75 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Power for UP's MNYCY (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Cheyenne Yard, WY) is all lined up with four units elephant-style. The fourth being UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit. There is a string of SD70Ms also coupled behind UP 1996, but they will definitely all be deadheading to Cheyenne when the train departs later tonight. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113690 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Swinging back by North Yard for the second time today, I found UP 1344 sitting, likely waiting for some light repairs. UP has laid off the vast majority of the folks capable of doing major repairs on engines in Denver. Anything too major will result in the unit being moved to North Platte, NE and Bailey Yard. Something else worth mentioning is that this unit is very used to being in North Yard! It was originally delivered to Rio Grande as DRGW 3121 in September 1974! You can still clearly see where the MARS light once existed on the nose of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113689 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox to Sand Creek Denver, CO 71 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Brush (BNSF) BNSF This westbound BNSF oil empty is approaching the signal at BNSF's Fox Junction on the Brush Sub. This train will ultimately head west on the Moffat for loading in Utah, but the power will first swap out in Denver. BNSF's Brush Sub dispatcher has informed the train that they will tie down on the track named "Coal 2", leaving room for six units on the head end. They have also been instructed to take the three units currently on the train to "the pit", meaning the fueling tracks, for servicing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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