Photo ID: 113067 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yard Denver, CO 15 (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 15 (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 10 (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 16 (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 17 (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 15 (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 14 (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 18 (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 10 (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: 102866 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2501 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This Tunnel Motor is one of a very few that still hasn't "officially" been retired by Union Pacific as of this picture. The unit started life as SP 8259 and was delivered 29 years earlier in May 1980. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102865 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2466 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The main workhorse! When the Ski Train would make trips up into the Colorado high country, it would typically fall on SKTX 289 to generate the Head End Power for the train, providing power to all the passengers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102864 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train When SKTX 242 was unable to lead the Ski Train for whatever reason, the duty would often fall upon SKTX 283. The rest of the time, the unit would typically be found second up in the lineup. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102863 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2839 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The tried and true leader of the Ski Train for nearly a decade! SKTX 242 has been the standard leader on the train ever since the former Amtrak F40PHs came to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102862 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 2113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train Car #9, the Winter Park, has operated as the "home base" car on the Ski Train for many, many years. The Ski Train manager set up in this car and car hosts reported to this car in the mornings to get their assignments. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 102861 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 26, 2009 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Yards Denver, CO 3109 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Ski Train The standard look to the Ski Train for almost the past decade. A trio of former Amtrak F40PHs have been in charge of the train. The units were purchased from Amtrak on a "lease-to-purchase" program, which was completed in 2004. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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