Photo ID: 105913 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande One of a handful of SD9043MACs that the San Luis and Rio Grande had been leasing for the last few years is now being returned to the leaser. The particular unit has SLRG reporting marks, but is in an Iowa Pacific paint scheme. Iowa Pacific is the holding company for the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105912 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1441 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande I hadn't seen this unit since December 2009 when it first showed up on the San Luis and Rio Grande. It was originally going to be used as power on the failed reboot of the Ski Train. You may recall that the SLRG already had tickets sold for a new version of the Ski Train. But the train never left the station due to a dispute with Amtrak. This (and another) SD9043MAC instead spent several years in normal service on the SLRG. With the lease now up, the unit is being returned to CIT Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105911 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande For the past several years, the San Luis and Rio Grande has leased a couple of SD9043MACs from CIT Leasing. The lease on the units expired and, as a result, the SLRG is returning the units to the leaser. I had a suspicious, when taking these shots, that these would be the last SD90s I would see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105910 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP recently changed the days and times certain manifests are called at North Yard. Now, the MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard to Roper, UT) is called at 14:00 (2pm) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and the MNYNP (Manifest, North Yard to North Platte, NE) is called at 14:00 on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Here, the MNYNP passes through the OS at Broadway on the Belt Line, just outside North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104347 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1516 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An Xcel Energy coal empty comes across the Belt Line headed for North Yard under somewhat glorious, partly cloudy skies. With Xcel Energy making a push to move from coal to natural gas, the days for these hoppers may well be numbered. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104346 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1637 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific After knocking down a Diverging Approach (yellow over red) signal at Broadway, this train is headed for Utah Junction where it will continue in to the yard on a restricting signal. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104345 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, February 23, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1560 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Belt Industrial Lead (or simply "Belt Line") was used by Rio Grande to interchange with Rock Island and Union Pacific. Now, it is used by Union Pacific for all coal loads headed north or east out of Denver. Or, as in this case, coal empties coming in from the north or east. Manifests use the Belt Line as well, but coal trains are certainly more common. This coal empty is approaching Broadway and the line in to North Yard. The highway in the background is I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103232 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, December 19, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1905 (5 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Okay, who notices something a little strange about this particular picture. Something odd about the power on this loaded coal train. The four units on the point? Well, that is a little unusual? More unusual is the fact that there is an SD70M in the consist. That SD70M has DC traction motors...something that you almost never find on coal trains in the 21st century! The SD70M was added in Grand Junction, although for what reason, I'm not sure. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102891 Date Shot Photo By Friday, May 8, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 2481 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Ski Train The Ski Train is on the roll over the grade crossing at Broadway. The train also passes underneath I-25, which can be seen in the distance. Note the FRED in the middle of a flash on the back of the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102094 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 24, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway (DS900) Denver, CO 1823 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Ferromex The two Ferromex ES44ACs came into town on the Joint Line on a UP coal empty. The coal train turned west toward the Moffat, but unfortunately left the FXE units behind! Instead, they are assigned to the MNYNP-24 to head to North Platte, NE Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101920 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 2659 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rio Grande After an hour wait sitting on the Belt Industrial Lead, the northbound MNYNP-08 is finally heading out of town with DRGW 5371 in tow. This is a shot looking in between two buildings near the control point at Broadway. Even though the buildings obscure a lot of the engine, there is no armour yellow in the shot! Kinda takes you back to when this was the view along the Belt Line every day... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101919 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 2803 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rio Grande A detailed shot of the tunnel motor radiator intakes and the "class doors" located just above. And of course, the single most important thing in this picture ... the Grande Gold 5371 that has not been (and will not be) patched! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101918 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 3295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rio Grande Looking to get a lower-angled roster shot, my dad - the man responsible for my sickness that is a train lover - sits alongside my youngest daughter Jaina. At 2 1/2, she loves going out to watch the train with us! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101917 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 3228 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rio Grande She may not remember it, but my oldest daughter was there to see 5371 move north toward Cheyenne (most likely for retirement) and here is the proof! This past Christmas, we got her a new digital camera. She does her best (at five years old) to get a shot of 5371 too! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101916 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 3158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rio Grande As the MNYNP-08 waits for a meet with a southbound coal empty, the sun comes shining through the partly cloudy skies at just the right angle to really light up 5371 nicely! The unit was idling, although it would not load (so it couldn't work to pull the train). other than the missing number boards, not a bad sight at all! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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