Photo ID: 113741 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 112 (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 118 (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 89 (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 121 (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 91 (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 86 (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 136 (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 93 (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 114 (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 100 (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 93 (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. Photo ID: 113675 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 104 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The paint on UP 4015 here is one year and three days old! Noticed this lettering at the back of the long hood which indicates the unit was painted at North Little Rock on April 8, 2025. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113674 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 160 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4015 is the SD70M that is frequently assigned the duty of traveling with UP 4014, the Big Boy. However, this is not that same SD70M. When Union Pacific chose an SD70M to repaint as UP 1616 (the Abraham Lincoln unit), they chose to repaint UP 4015. About a year ago, UP decided to renumber UP 4392 as a "new" UP 4015. It received a fresh paint of coat in UP's newest scheme to go along with its new number. On this Sunday morning, it was sitting amongst a string of half dozen SD70Ms, all waiting to head to Cheyenne. The other SD70Ms are likely headed for long term storage. UP 4015 is probably just headed back to the roundhouse in Cheyenne to serve with UP 4014 again in the future. I always appreciate how good units look in fresh paint! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113673 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 107 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A nice surprise on this Sunday was coming across the Espee Heritage Unit in North Yard! I'm not sure when it arrived, but I would guess it was probably on a train like the MNPNY, likely arriving in the dark. The unit has been serviced and will depart tonight on the MNYCY (North Yard to Cheyenne Yard). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113672 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS002 (North Yard) Denver, CO 109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Amtrak has started applying the Phase 7 scheme to its Superliners. The required repainting is not nearly as complex as it is for the P42DCs. Here, a coach car has received the new Phase 7 stripe along its side. Not drastically different from the previous scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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