Photo ID: 107559 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, June 23, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1421 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of the six UP heritage units wound up in Denver after coming in on a train from the Greeley Sub. UP 1982 shows off its screaming eagle as it sits on the ready track at North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105153 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1792 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Here is a beast that is becoming less and less common. Classic switch engines are being retired by UP more frequently. This MP15AC was one of the lucky one to go through a rebuild program (and is now designated an MP15N) and should hang around for awhile longer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105152 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1589 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A variety of power hangs out at the fuel rack and surrounding tracks in North Yard. For years after the UP/SP merger, you could count on finding at least a little bit of scarlet and gray in shots like this. Those days are pretty much behind us at this point, as Armour Yellow is the paint scheme of decade. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105151 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1554 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1459 sits on the "Run Around" track at North Yard, awaiting for its next assignment. The power to the right is switching, working on the yard ladder. The empty track on the left side of the shot is called the "Third Rail". Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105147 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1588 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Business is currently good for UP in Denver! North Yard is pretty well filled to capacity. The Greeley Sub is rumored to be the business single track line on the UP right now. There is a ton of traffic running between La Salle and Fort Collins...so much so, in fact, that UP is now running a dedicated train between North Yard and La Salle! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105146 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2124 (3 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific If you look, you are likely to find shots taken from this same basic perspective over the years. 30 years ago, you'd probably see a pair of Rio Grande GP30s sitting along the tracks outside the yard office. And, of course, the UP shield would not have been there, but "Rio Grande" in fly letters would have been, along the top of the tower. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105145 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1612 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of sharp-looking GP40-2s sit on the "run around" track in North Yard, awaiting their next assignment. One of these two units is very familiar with North Yard as it has called it home for a very long time. UP 1359 started life as DRGW 3118. It was patched to its current number on September 15, 2005 and received a full repaint in 2013. UP 1459, 100 numbers higher, started life as (Cotton Belt) SSW 7600. It was patched in 2002 and fell into solid UP colors around the same time as UP 1359. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104584 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1522 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots KYLE I'm not huge into rolling stock, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to nab a quick shot of this blue-schemed "Route Rock" Rock Island boxcar. It is now owned by the KYLE railroad and has, unfortunately, fallen victim to some heavy tagging. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104583 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Hostlers move a cut of units from the servicing tracks to the ready tracks in North Yard. UP 7050 was delivered as an AC6000CW but has since been converted to a 4400 HP unit as redesignated as a C44/60AC. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104582 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 2, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1539 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Since coal tends to dominate the scene in Denver, AC units tend to be quite a bit more common that DC units. Still, DC units find their way to town on other trains such as manifests. This C44-9W sits quietly outside the North Yard engine shop, the victim of some light "tagging" on the long hood. This particular unit started life wearing the Chicago North Western lightning scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104503 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2307 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Regardless of the paint scheme, I really love seeing good old spartan cabs hanging around North Yard! One of these units in particular has been around North Yard for a very long time. UP 1349 was once DRGW 3128, one of the last GP40-2s delivered to the Grande. It was patched on May 16, 2005 and received a full repaint in April 2007. At that time, the Mars light was removed and air conditioning was added. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104502 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1521 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific With two rail yards in Denver, it seems possible that North Yard could be deemed redundant and abandoned in favor of 36th Street Yard. Then again, the opposite could be said. Regardless, I am grateful that the rails representing Rio Grande are still being used beneath 48th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104501 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 2170 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Southern Pacific, Union Pacific This is one of only two unpatched Espee GP60s left on UP's roster at this time, the other being SP 9721. The paint is definitely looking a little shoddy, but I felt pretty lucky to come across one of the only "unassimilated" units left on UP's roster! Unfortunately, the unit was pretty well tucked back in North Yard, so I had to settle for this "over the fence", "from a distance shot" from 48th Avenue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104500 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 19, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1951 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific So much in this shot has changed over the years and so much has stayed the same. The track configuration and rolling stock sitting in the yard hasn't changed much. The type of power and color scheme has changed dramatically! 30 years ago, this was the main yard for the Rio Grande and there was a sea of Black and Aspen Gold here. 20 years ago, Scarlet Gray had moved in. Today, Armour Yellow dominates as North Yard is now just a small, local yard on Union Pacific's vast system. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104354 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1560 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The ES44AC (or, as UP designated it, the C45ACCTE) is the latest and greatest offered by General Electric. Granted this particular unit, spotted in North Yard, could stand a bath at this point! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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