Photo ID: 113816 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX It's rather incredible to think that there was a time many decades ago when F-units were the start power on freight trains, and would have been common place in locations such as here at the north end of North Yard on the BNSF Front Range Sub! This F7 was delivered to the SP&S in 1953, and is now headed back to Washington to the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum. Hopefully, it'll be restored in its SP&S paint. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113815 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX How is this for a rare catch! An EMD F7 with Minnesota Zephyr livery is headed to the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum in Reardon, WA. The unit was delivered to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway in 1953. It then, of course, went to Burlington Northern's roster after the merger in 1970. BN sold it to the Cadillac and Lake City Railway, which then sold it to the Colorado and Eastern Railway. It then wound up in the hands of the Minnesota Zephyr in Stillwater, MN, a tourist operation. That operation ended in 2008, and the unit went to the San Luis and Rio Grande. Finally, the unit was sold (or donated) to the museum in Reardon and is making its way there on BNSF's HDENLAU (Denver-Laurel), seen here by UP's North Yard. The unit is now number RPCX 804. RPCX, incidentally, is the Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 304 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A BNSF yard job, hauling a long string of JB Hunt double stacks, pulls across UP's Belt Line on the Front Range Sub. After crossing through the CTC limits across the diamond, the head end of the yard job is now in Restricted Limits. No track warrant needed for this switching. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111208 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 364 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 5930 leads a coal empty across the diamond with UP's Belt Line at Utah Junction. The train is headed for the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, taking the Front Range Sub north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108985 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 501 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF Even though it may not be leading, it is always great to catch a Warbonnet on a train in 2023! BNSF 736 has actually stood the test of time pretty well, considering how faded some of the units now are. The unit came down on the Front Range Sub early this morning, second out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108984 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, February 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 530 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A southbound BNSF manifest, coming off of the Front Range Sub, crosses the UP Belt Industrial Lead at Utah Junction. A Warbonnet happens to be second out on the elephant-style manifest as it arrives in Denver. Note the slew of center beam flats UP has stored in the storage yard at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104860 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 30, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 1804 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF This northbound BNSF manifest is just starting its journey on recently laid tracks just north of Utah Junction. In the background, you can see a new commuter rail bridge which is nearing construction. The commuter rail will serve the "Gold Line", running from Union Station in Denver out to Arvada and Wheat Ridge northwest of Denver. The track is also passing underneath UP's North Yard Bypass tracks (primarily used by coal trains). Up and to the right, you can see UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub mainline and North Yard siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.