Photo ID: 110741 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 114 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). The length of train varies from day-to-day. This Sunday morning, the train is an impressive 142 cars long. Over 8,000 feet in length, including the power. Here, the train is making its way across the Belt Industrial Lead, passing by the Stock Yards and about to cross over York Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110592 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Wanted to grab a quick roster shot of UP 6294 specifically because, under that yellow paint scheme, you'd find scarlet and gray. Indeed, the AC4400CW started life as SP 241. This summer, the unit celebrates its 29th birthday, as it was originally delivered in June of 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110591 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 7855 is slowing toward a stop on the Belt Industrial Lead. They do not have a route in to the yard yet, so the engineer will bring the train to a stop just east of Washington Street so as not to block any grade crossing while waiting to get in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110590 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A southbound UP manifest is slowly climbing the grade west on the Belt Industrial Lead alongside some local industry tracks. In the background, the newest power stations (that burn natural gas) at Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110589 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The Belt Industrial Lead, which connects North Yard to 36th Street Yard and the Greeley Sub, also has quite a few connections to local industries along the way. You can see two tracks that curve north toward industries in the area. Meanwhile, UP's MGRNY (Manifest, Green River, WY to North Yard, CO) approaches on the main train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109828 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 276 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP oil train rolls through CP DS901 (Stock Yards) on the 4-mile long Belt Industrial Lead which connects North Yard to UP's Greeley Sub and Limon Sub. The train is passing by Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant. The plant generates 928 megawatts of power for the Denver area. It was built as a coal-burning plant in 1968, that was served by Rio Grande (and later SP and UP) for decades. However, in 2017, the plant converted to natural gas and has not burned coal since. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109620 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed West of Stock Yards Denver, CO 198 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Literally seconds before the sun would dip behind the mountains for the day, three GEs lead a manifest across the Belt Industrial Lead from UP's Greeley Sub to North Yard. This trains final destination. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109619 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 214 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 5929 is running across the 4 mile long Belt Industrial Lead that connects the Greeley Subdivision to North Yard and the Moffat Tunnel Sub, as well as the Joint Line to the south. The train is approaching the Stock Yards control point. The track at the bottom of the screen runs south and serves many customers in the area. In the background stands Xcel Energy's Cherokee Generating Station. It was powered by coal for decades, but for the several years now it is powered by natural gas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109618 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Stock Yards Denver, CO 209 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific For the second time today, UP's MGRNY crosses over the South Platte river. The first crossing was between Greeley and La Salle a few hours earlier on the Greeley Subdivision. Alas, with only three minutes to sunset, the surrounding trees are casting shadows on the train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109372 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 220 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific For decades, the Cherokee Power Plant (see here) was powered by coal, provided by Rio Grande, and then Espee, and the UP. However, about five years ago, the power plant converted to natural gas. UP's DV72 yard job is on the Belt Lead in the foreground. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109371 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A GP38-2 and an GP15-1 pull 13 cars through the OS at the Stock Yards (CP DS901) on the Belt Lead. Once clear of the OS, the train will make a reverse move and shove down the track to the right and tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109370 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A UP yard job, which switches out some industries along the Belt Industrial Lead, heads west toward a red signal at the Stock Yards. The crew is going to call up the dispatcher and request a signal at the Stock Yards, followed by a signal on to the Stock Yards lead (seen up to the right) where it will drop its cars and the crew will be picked up by a van. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.