Photo ID: 109576 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Brighton, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A well-blocked northbound manifest leaves Denver behind between the sidings of Hazeltine and Brighton. The train has a quartet of units on the point, include an SD40-2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109020 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Hello old friend! Hard to believe UP's heritage units have been around long enough to now be referred to as "old friend". UP 1989 was unveiled at North Yard in Denver nearly 17 years ago (as of this photo). Other than a pretty good layer of dirt, the unit is looking pretty good, considering its age! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109019 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 221 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande Always great to find the Rio Grande logo in 2023. Even better to find it on the long hood of a locomotive! In this case, we are of course referring to the Rio Grande heritage unit, UP 1989. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109018 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 213 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad was a Class 1 that formed in 1865. In the 1890s, the railroad primarily operated in Kansas and Texas, resulting in the abbreviation "K-T" or "KT" be used. It didn't take long for the nickname "The Katy" to be adopted by the railroad. A nickname that the railroad continued to use up until it was merged in to Union Pacific in 1988. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109017 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, March 19, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 267 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 1988, the Katy (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) heritage unit, will always be a somewhat special one for me as it was the very first heritage unit I ever had the pleasure of seeing in person. It happened to be in Denver in September 2005, just a month after being unveiled, and I was able to find it. On this day, it is the second unit on a northbound empty auto rack train heading for Laredo, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107652 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 21, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Commerce City, CO 1570 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Unfortunately, this year's Cheyenne Frontier Days steam train ended in tragedy. The train struck a pedestrian at 124th Avenue in Commerce City. I was at 120th Avenue, four blocks to the south. The crew made an emergency call to DS86 to report the incident. The train came to a stop and first responders were there almost immediately. I left and headed home right after this quick shot showing a cop arriving on scene, having a bit of a hard time keeping it together on the car ride. Nothing but prayers for the family involved and the steam crew onboard UP 844. The train remained stopped for nearly four hours as police investigated. Passengers on the train were taken off at the scene and loaded onto busses for the remainder of the trip in to town. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 103875 Date Shot Photo By Monday, September 5, 2011 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W011 (South Hazeltine) Commerce City, CO 2326 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At the south switch of Hazeltine, this double stack stops to wait for a bit as the dispatcher has no other place to put them! The train usually runs across the Overland Route through Wyoming into Nebraska, but a derailment in Emmett, KS has resulted in the train being rerouted. The train originated in Oakland, CA and is headed for Memphis, TN. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101924 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 8, 2008 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine Brighton, CO 2514 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Rio Grande On the mainline at Hazeltine, the MNYNP-08 is rolling north at track speed with DRGW 5371 in tow as the sixth unit. While the 5371 is not DIC (it is idling), it will not load and thus is not doing any "actual" work. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 101674 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, November 3, 2007 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine (W011) Denver, CO 1799 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific One of the newest additions to UP's roster - ES44AC #5298 - leads this southbound MNPNY at Hazeltine. The train is just finishing up a meet with its counterpart, the MNYNP, and is now waiting for a second northbound before it will "get the nod" from DS-86 to continue toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100916 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine Brighton, CO 2127 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific, Southern Pacific After meeting a southbound Z-Train at Hazeltine, this unique consist of American Orient Express cars departs north on the Greeley Sub. I believe the cars are being sent to Colorado Railcar in Fort Lupton. Summer afternoon clouds were building to the east of Denver over the plains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100482 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 23, 2005 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine Brighton, CO 2077 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific For the 2005 Cheyenne Frontier Days, the amazing guys in the UP Steam Program got UP 844 (4-8-4) and UP 3985 (4-6-6-4) ready to head the northbound passenger special from Denver to Cheyenne. Here, the train is moving fast just south of Hazeltine, CO. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 100066 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2002 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine Hazeltine, CO 2027 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The Frontier Days steam train leaves Denver in the background as it proceeds north on Union Pacific's Greeley Subdivision on the way back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.