Photo ID: 110654 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 146 (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 140 (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 155 (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 159 (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 165 (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 181 (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. Photo ID: 109962 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 187 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific North Yard in Denver was originally built by the Denver and Salt Lake. It then went to the Rio Grande, followed by Southern Pacific, and now, Union Pacific. There are around 25 yard tracks in North Yard. As you can see, there are cars on most of the tracks, although many of the tracks are not particularly full. If you note the light blue building in the distance (with one white door and one blue door)...this was the car repair facility (called the RIP facility - Repair In Place). On December 5, 2023, UP management decided to close the shop. 13 car repairmen were immediately laid off and escorted off the property! No more car repair facilities in Denver. North Platte is now the closest for repairs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109909 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 186 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CSX CSX 410, an AC4400CW, sits idling on the ready track in North Yard. The ready track is where units that have been fueled and are ready for assignment are kept until such an assignment is available. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109827 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 205 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The crew on UP's MGJNY brought the train to a stop in Yard Track 4. In a few minutes, the crew will cut the power away from the train and take the units over to the fuel tracks. The train will be ready to be broken up so cars can continue on to their next destination. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109826 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific There is a Cargill grain tower located at the north end of North Yard alongside North Yard's storage yard. It one of the tallest buildings in the area, and is well-known by railfans in the Denver area as it is a clear landmark for North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109825 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 178 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In the storage yard at the north end of North Yard, a pair of GE units are hooked up to five tank cars, though they are currently not moving. There is some maintenance equipment sitting in the storage yard as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This shot at Utah Jct is a little bit deceptive. It rather appears that there is a lot of power on the point of the Rocky Mountaineer. In reality, the Mountaineer is back a bit and three light units are coming in to North Yard off the Belt Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109377 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 6385 was the lead unit on an eastbound oil train that came off the Moffat earlier this morning. The third unit from the head end was not needed for the journey east on the plains, so the outbound crew (new crew that got on in Denver for the journey east) had to cut the power off and back down the Belt in to North Yard to drop off the third unit. That lead unit, UP 6385, started life as SP 339. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109376 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific Once upon a time, the Belt Line was used by Rock Island to bring trains from east on the plains to North Yard to interchange with Rio Grande. Today, the Belt and North Yard are, of course, owned by UP. The Rocky Mountaineer, is a rare move, is backing off the Belt Line and in to North Yard so it can depart west toward the Moffat on Main 3. Typically, the train would just cross Bypass 1 or 2 westbound, but both Bypass tracks were blocked, necessitating the rare move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109369 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 244 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An interesting quartet of light power moves around near Utah Jct at the north end of North Yard. UP 1997 and UP 1980 are both SD40-2s, UP 4553 is an SD70M, and BNSF 7638 is ES44DC. The mix of newer and older power, along with a foreign unit (BNSF) is what makes this consist somewhat unusual. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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