Photo ID: 109576 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Hazeltine Brighton, CO 181 (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.