Photo ID: 111211 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An interesting view looking straight down on UP 4014 as it slowly backs up on Track 9 in North Yard. Surrounded by cars destined for customers, the steam train is going to pick up a string of UP-owned freight cars at the north end of Track 9 for the trip north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111207 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 376 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Not every day that you see the nose of a spartan cab EMD next to the nose of steam locomotive. For that matter, it certainly is not every day that you'll find a steam locomotive in the middle of North Yard in Denver! UP 4014 is backing down Yard Track 9 to pick up a string of freight cars for the trip to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111206 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014, a 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" steam locomotive, was built by ALCO (American Locomotive Company) in 1941. After spending 20 years in service, it was retired in December 1961 and wound up at a museum in Southern California. UP reacquired 4014 from the museum in 2013 and moved it to Cheyenne in 2014. It was then rebuilt and once again runs under its own (steam) power. Here, on the final day of a two month tour that covered ten states (Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111205 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Steam pour out from underneath the 48th Avenue overpass as UP 4014 backs up on the switch lead toward Track 9. Ten railfans are on the overpass, capturing pictures as the 4-8-8-4 steam engine makes its reverse move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111204 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 326 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014, UP 9625, and a half dozen passenger cars back down the North Yard switch lead toward Track 9 to pick up a string of freight cars for the final leg of the 2024 Heartland Tour, heading back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111203 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 306 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I cannot pretend to be a steam expert, so I do not fully understand all the ins and outs of where steam is emitted and why. But I also cannot deny just how cool the engine looks as steam is blowing out of it as it slowly rolls on one of the North Yard lead tracks just south of I-70. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111202 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Perhaps the best shot of UP 4014 I have to date, the engine has just crossed underneath I-70 as it pulls south on one of the south leads for North Yard. The train is going to back into North Yard, specifically into Track 9 to pick up a string of UP freight cars for the journey north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111201 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 274 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific You can see a lot of railfans (or, at least, steam fans) lining the overpass on 48th Avenue as UP 4014 pulls out of the storage track at North Yard. Soon, it will back down into Track 9 and pick up a string of freight cars for the trip to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111200 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 246 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 4014 rolls past a crowd of folks gathered near the North Yard office, preparing to departing north for Cheyenne. I love the Colorado flag the steam crew has mounted on the engine. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111199 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 196 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After spending two nights in Denver, UP 4014 is slowly pulling out from one of the tracks near the North Yard office. Imagine a time when a scene like this at North Yard was a daily occurrence! Granted, Rio Grande never had any Big Boys, but the idea of steam moving around North Yard is a fun one. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111198 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Steaming up! UP's 83-year-old Big Boy steam engine is coming to life. Shortly, it will pull out of this track near the North Yard yard office and proceed north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111196 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 285 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's MGJNY has arrived in North Yard. After dropping off some cars in Track 5, the remainder of the train is being backed into Track 4. After clearing in Track 4, the power will wait for UP 4014, sitting back near the yard office, to back in to Track 9. Then, the power here will go to the fuel tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110872 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific In the late 90s, Union Pacific really wanted units with more horsepower. EMD and GE both obliged with their own attempts at a 6000 HP unit. GEs was designed an AC6000CW. UP 6894 was delivered to UP as UP 7006, one of the original GE AC6000CW. The 6000 HP units were plagued with issues, and the attempts were eventually ditched. Today, UP 6894 has been rebuilt (internally) with a 4400 HP prime mover and is designated as a C44ACM. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110871 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Sitting on the ready tracks at North Yard, UP 1943 looks pretty great in the morning light. The unit has spent a lot of time leading oil trains between Wash, UT and destination to the east. However, rumor has it that its 92-day inspection is due. Since that can no longer be conducted in Denver, the unit will likely go to North Platte, NE on the MNYNP. From there? Who can say... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110823 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, August 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 259 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific With the cost and seemingly frequent mechanical issues of Tier-4 locomotives, many railroads have taken to rebuilding rather than buying new. UP is no exception, as they have been rebuilding C44-9Ws, C44AC-CTEs, and others into C44ACMs. UP 5830 is a good example, as it sports UP's newest official scheme on the ready tracks in North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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