Photo ID: 113067 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande A good overview of what little remains of UP's (and, before that, Rio Grande's) Burnham Shops in Denver. This was taken near the south end of the yard, looking north toward the 8th Avenue Viaduct and the main engine maintenance facility. On Valentine's Day, 2016, Burnham was closed. Some shop personnel were offer transfers to North Platte, NE. Others were offered "golden parachutes" to retire. Still, others were just let go. 5-10 years from the date of this shot, this same perspective will likely show a brand new stadium for the Denver Broncos. It is said the stadium will include a retractable roof with the hopes of attracting the Super Bowl. The Broncos current stadium, Empower Field, which opened in 2001, is visible in this shot in the distance. Look for the orange and blue in the top-left quadrant of the shot. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113066 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 275 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande In this shot, you can clearly see the pit for the turntable that was actually in use at Burnham up until it was closed in 2016. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113065 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 248 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The 8th Avenue viaduct was constructed well after the main engine maintenance facility at Burnham, so the viaduct had to curve around the south side of the building, only a few feet away. It sounds as though the Denver Broncos are going to get a new stadium build on these grounds, so it is likely that the 8th Avenue viaduct will be demolished. Time is also running out for the engine maintenance building as well. It is the only building (as of the taking of this picture) that hasn't started (or completed) demolition at Burnham. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113064 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 279 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Part of a large transfer crane still stands on its rail tracks at the former Burnham shops. You can see Downtown Denver in the distance, only about a mile and a half away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113063 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 253 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Rubble from part of the car shop is still waiting to be hauled away from the former Burnham shops southwest of downtown Denver. In the bottom-right corner, note that you can still see a little bit of rail (actually three-rail; both standard and narrow gauge) in the concrete. This was once inside a the car shop facility. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113062 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 266 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande This shot shows where Rio Grande main car maintenance facility was once located. The pit with weeds growing in it once had a transfer table to shuffle cars around. The building, some of which the rubble is still visible, is where Rio Grande took great care to maintenance the passenger cars on the Rio Grande Zephyr (along with many others) for years. Now, it slowly fades into history. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113061 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 270 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande The remnants of one of the buildings that was once located here at Burnham lays on the ground next to a bulldozer, the last remaining scraps waiting to be loaded onto a truck to be hauled away. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113060 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 269 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande With demolition of the former yard at Burnham, the main engine facility is just about the only building still standing. Virtually every other building on the property has now been torn down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113059 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 250 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande On Valentine's Day in 2016, Union Pacific closed the Burnham Shops in Denver, permanently. This had been Rio Grande's main diesel and car repair facility in Denver, separate from North Yard. The rails have long since been pulled up, and the property has been sold. It sounds like the Denver Broncos will be getting a brand new stadium, built on this location! As such, a demolition crew has started tearing down the buildings. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110153 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 210 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the northeast side of Building #3, the fire damage does not look quite as severe, save for the clearly charred black roof that no longer really exists. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110152 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the north side of Burnham, we look south and see a few refuel pads that were once used, with their concrete bases. The rails have all long since been removed, and mother nature is trying to reclaim the property. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110151 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 241 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific You can pretty obviously tell which parts of Building #3 were built out of brick and/or concrete, and which parts were build out of wood. The roof of the main part of the building is gone, and most of the walls (and roof) of the secondary part of the building are also gone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110150 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the south side of Building #4 and Building #3, we look north. You can see the top of Building #3, clearly burned out from the fire in the summer of 2021. And, as is the case throughout Burnham, graffiti is absolutely everywhere. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110149 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 211 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at the shops on the north side of Burnham. Burned down Building #3 is visible near the top of the frame. You can see where some tracks used to run, but all have since been pulled up. There are still two tracks (not used by Light Rail) on the top-right of the frame. UP uses these to access a few customers still in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110148 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 236 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A shot from the north side of Building #3, looking through the middle of the burned out building through one of the doors. The building caught fire and burned down in the summer of 2021. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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