Photo ID: 110688 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 356 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific There are only five AC4400CWs still on UP's roster that have not received a full UP repaint. UP 6236 is one such example, still in its original scarlet and gray, with yellow UP patches applied. Here, it sits in North Yard awaiting assignment after arriving on the MGJNY. The unit actually served on the Minturn Local (which hasn't gone as far as Minturn in decades) just a few days ago in the Colorado high country. This was originally SP 257. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110687 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 399 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I'm speculating that UP 4039 has spent some time either in either Southern California or maybe the Houston area in Texas. Those locations tend to attract a lot "taggers"; people that apply graffiti to things. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110686 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 391 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1357 and UPY 625 sit idle in North Yard, not far from the yard tower. When needed, they will be used to switch cars in the yard. UP 1357 started life as DRGW 3102. Amazingly, the GP40-2 that spent so many years on the former Grande, can still be regularly found in and around Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110685 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1905 is an SD40N. It has been rebuilt by UP from an SD40-2, along with dozens (even hundreds) of others. The unit was originally UP 3205, delivered in May 1973. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110684 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 341 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A single AC4400CW sits near the ready tracks in North Yard. I shot this same unit the day before. It was the lead unit on a westbound oil train. It stopped in the siding at Leyden because this unit was leaking air to the extent the train went in to emergency and could not be recovered. You can see a bypass hose lining the right side of the unit. It's possible the unit is waiting to be taken to North Platte, NE for repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110658 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 360 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's manifest from North Yard to Green River, WY sits at the north end of Track 8 in North Yard. After the westbound Zephyr passes by, the train will head for the Belt Industrial Lead, and on to the Greeley Sub. The train will have to "double over", meaning it will pick up the second half of its train from a different track. The train will be 8,100 feet long when it finally departs. To the left, we see a long line of trailers waiting to either be loaded on to trains, or picked up by trucks, at BNSF's Rennicks intermodal facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110657 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of UP AC4400CWs are the bookends to a BNSF C44-9W. The Dash-9 is sporting the Heritage paint scheme. The units are on the UP's MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). Some crew members talk on the ground. the train is waiting for the westbound Zephyr to pass by before heading for the Belt Line. The lead unit, UP 6189, was originally SP 146! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110656 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific North Yard is pretty quiet on Independence Day 2024. A pair of SD40-2s wait for their next assignment. Three units wait for their turn to be serviced, while a string of other units are currently on the track being serviced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110655 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 263 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Three units that were recently removed from a train await their turn to be serviced at North Yard. They will be refueled and, if necessary, their sand, water, and oil will be refilled as well. Note the unit closed to the camera is an ET44AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 366 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of UP SD40-2s sit idle near the yard tower at North Yard. The 50+ year old units are now used as switchers at the yard, the same as many second generation EMDs in 2024. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110404 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 8745 sits on the ready track at North Yard, awaiting its next assignment. Looks as though the trucks may have recently been swapped out. The shade of gray definitely does not quite match the fuel tank! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110403 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 319 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 6696 sits near the North Yard shops with blue flags posted. Behind UP 6696, a string of engines sit on the ready track. As the name implies, engines on the ready track are ready for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110402 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 343 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An SD70M sits just south of the engine shop at North Yard. With all heavy maintenance having been moved to North Platte, I'm not even sure to what extent maintenance on engines can be done at North Yard these days. Regardless, the shop door is open on a Sunday afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 353 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A GP38-2 (now designated as a GP38N after a rebuilt by UP) and an SD40-2 sit together near the yard office in North Yard. These two units are idle at the moment, but when needed, they'll be used as switcher in the yard. It is pretty easy to trace the heritage of UP 737 by virtue of the fact that it has no dynamic brakes. With very few exception, nearly any unit without dynamic brakes is of Missouri Pacific heritage. MoPac ordered many units that had no dynamic brakes as MoPac ran in (relatively) flat lands. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110036 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 373 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 8200 is stopped short of the signal at "37 block". This is the signal that protects the north departure from North Yard toward either the Moffat or the Belt Line. In this case, UP 8200 is waiting for a signal to head on to the Belt Line and out to Hazeltine where it will pick up a string of empty auto racks. UP 1980 is working on switching cars in the storage yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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