Photo ID: 109358 Date Shot Photo By Friday, July 7, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 383 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer The two Rocky Mountaineer GP40-3s that have been missing from the Rocky Moutainteer "Rockies to the Red Rocks" train were spotted near the repair shop in UP's North Yard. Presumably, the Rocky Moutaineer has contract with UP to do some work on the units. You can see RMRX 8020 with several doors on its long hood open. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109309 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 11, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 349 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A yard crew shuffles around some tank cars in the storage yard at the north end of North Yard. UP 1957 was delivered to Union Pacific in January 1980 as UP 3692. It has been rebuilt by UP and now has the model designation of an SD40N. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109222 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 317 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, sporting eight Superliners this morning (instead of the typical seven), passes by UP's North Yard on one side and BNSF's Rennick's intermodal yard on the other side. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109220 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 281 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A string of units sits at the "fuel rack" in North Yard, getting serviced in preparation for their next job. Meanwhile, a morning yard job is switching down "the ladder", working to break up and/or build trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109219 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 294 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific There is a smattering of power hanging out at North Yard on this Memorial Day morning. The two units in the foreground are switching cars in the yard. The string of engines further back are sitting on the fuel tracks, getting prepared for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108943 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's North Yard is fairly empty on this Sunday morning, with only a handful of units hanging around, most of those being units for yard jobs, transfers, or locals. Granted there are only four destinations for road freights that North Yard has to contend with these days: Pueblo to the south, North Platte, NE to the east, and Grand Junction to the west, and Green River, WY to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108763 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 657 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A nice, elevated look at UP 1979 and the viewing area set up by UP for its employees at North Yard. Behind the unit, we find only a handful of units around the fueling and sanding racks. The yard itself looks to be a bit on the empty side. However, it is encouraging to see an empty coal train sitting on yard track 1! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108762 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 773 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP set ups. pretty good viewing area for the "We Are ONE" unit, UP 1979 here at North Yard in Denver. A very large tent with chairs was set up, offering some shade. Employees are welcome to come over and check out the unit when they have a break or at the start or end of their shift. Or even if they are off duty and just want to make the haul down to the yard to check it out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108761 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 739 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The nose of UP 1979 is definitely rather creative! Behind UP's shield and wings is an orange and yellow heart, with the pink and green bands wrapping around the base from the sides of the nose. Overall, a pretty creative design to be sure! The unit is on display here for UP employees in Denver, not too far from the fuel and sand racks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108760 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 800 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Multiple armor yellow units provide the backdrop at North Yard for UP 1979. UP painted this SD70M in a special scheme referred to as the "We Are ONE" scheme. The scheme includes the nine Employee Resource Groups that Union Pacific offers for its employees. The first such group, the Black Employee Network (or BEN) was created in 1979, indicating the reason for the number of the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108759 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 704 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A top-down view of UP's "We Are ONE" unit, UP 1979. I was a little surprised to find the multi-colored design that was added to the top of the long hood. Looks pretty good! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108758 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 706 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Along the top of the long hood of UP's "We Are ONE" unit, you can find the nine Employee Resource Groups that UP offers for its employees: AERO - Asian Employee Resource Organization BEN - Black Employee Network BRIDGES - LGBT Employee Network CONAH - Council of Native American Heritage EASE - Educate. Advance. Support. Encourage. LEAD - Women's Advancement: Lead. Education. Achieve. Develop. LEN - Latino Employee Network TIES - Connecting Employees. Uniting Communities. Emerging Professionals VETS - Veterans and Employees Continuing to Serve Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108757 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 25, 2021 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 715 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Say hello to the latest specially painted Union Pacific unit. UP 1979 is an SD70M painted in the "We Are ONE" scheme. UP created the unit as a unifying unit amongst UP employees. It highlights all of the Employee Resource Groups UP has. The first such group was the Black Employees Network (called "BEN"). That group was created in 1979, hence the number choice for the unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108408 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 948 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Another look at a UP passenger special sitting in the Storage Yard at North Yard. The ten car train will depart tomorrow morning for a trip west over the former Grande as far as Helper, UT. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108407 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 27, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP Officer's Special sits on one of the tracks in the Storage Yard at the north end of North Yard. The train made the trip here from North Platte, NE today. It will sit in the yard overnight. A crew will be called at 8:00am tomorrow morning and the train is set to depart west for Helper, UT at 9:30am. 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