Photo ID: 108186 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 693 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is on the approach to Tunnel 3 with AMTK 184 (Phase IV Heritage Unit) second in the consist. The tail end of the Zephyr is crossing over the fill that washed out in September 2013 after an unprecedented amount of rain hit the Denver area. On this morning, fortunately, there is not a cloud in the sky and it is a very comfortable 72°F outside. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108187 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 3 (MP 25.8, 369 ft) Arvada, CO 688 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Passengers aboard the westbound California Zephyr have a fantastic view out the right side of the train as they overlook the Great Plains. The head end of the train is ducking in to Tunnel 4. Passenger counts on the Zephyr are still well below normal, thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, but counts are slowly starting to rise again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108188 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 982 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1996 sits among a few other units in North Yard. It came in on the MNPNY yesterday and, after being fueled, is now waiting for its next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108189 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 933 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific UP 1996, one of UP’s six heritage units, sits on one of the ready tracks in North Yard on a June afternoon. It is, perhaps, somewhat ironic that exactly 14 years ago that UP 1989, the Rio Grande Heritage Unit, sat a few hundred yards from this location under a tarp, waiting to be unveiled! UP 1996 is, of course, Southern Pacific’s heritage unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108190 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 791 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1996 was painted in honor of Southern Pacific, which became part of Union Pacific in September 1996. About four years after that merger, UP 4395 was delivered as part of 1,000 unit order of SD70Ms. Crazy to think it has been nearly 24 years since UP and SP merged. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108191 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This shot offers a good overview of Utah Junction at the north end of North Yard. The tracks on the right, with the lighter ballast, are BNSF. They funnel down and cross UP’s Belt Line before continuing on to the Front Range Sub. UP’s Main is the first track to the left of BNSF’s and is the mainline that heads west to the Moffat and beyond.Tracks to left of that are part of North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108192 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 14, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 788 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The area around has changed a lot over the decades, but by-and-large North Yard has remained the same for those same decades. This, along with Roper in Salt Lake, was Rio Grande’s main classification yard. Under SP, the yard was packed full still as many trains ran on the Moffat from the Pacific Northwest to Texas. Under UP, however...particularly in the last few years...traffic has dropped off quite a bit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.