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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Kevin Morgan
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CP DS900 (Broadway)
Denver, CO
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Belt Industrial Lead (UP)
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Union Pacific
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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.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Kevin Morgan
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Rennicks Yard
Denver, CO
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Yard Shots
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BNSF
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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.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific
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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.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific
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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.
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Sunday, April 12, 2026
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Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
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Yard Shots
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Union Pacific
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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...
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