Photo ID: 108931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kipling (MP 9.8) Arvada, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Cold weather has resulted in snow staying on the ground in the Denver-Metro area for nearly four consecutive weeks. Running right on time, the westbound Zephyr heads west through Arvada, across Kipling Street and past the intermediate signals at MP 9.8. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 244 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak Take note of this scene of the Zephyr crossing 72nd Avenue in Arvada. It is a scene that is going to change substantially in the come year or two. Residents in the City of Arvada voted to approve funds to widen 72nd Avenue to four lanes and create an underpass, creating a grade separation between the road and the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108933 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 229 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Several dozen units sit at "The House", BNSF's engine shop in Denver, awaiting their next assignment. This is an area that has changed significantly in the past few years. Among other things, RTD's N-Line from Denver Union Station to Thornton, CO has been completed, as seen on the right side of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108934 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 254 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A handful of 2nd generation EMDs hang out near the engine shops as a coal load waits to head south toward the Joint Line and a yard job shoves cars back toward the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108935 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 349 (1 Comment Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer It is currently the offseason for the Rocky Mountaineer's "Rockies to the Red Rocks" train. The cars are seen here in UP's 36th Street Yard, awaiting the start of 2023 season in April. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108936 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 260 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Eleven units sit, stored in a "dead line" at UP's 36th Street Yard. As the US seemingly heads toward a recession, the number of units stored on all railroads is very likely to increase in the coming months. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108937 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look toward downtown over UP's 36th Street Yard. The area is transforming from one that is largely industrial (whether active or abandoned) to one of mixed commercial and residential. As you can see in this shot, four climbing cranes are visible, working to build new buildings ever higher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108938 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 303 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP GP40-2 #1357 sits near the yard office at UP's 36th Street Yard. This particular GP40-2 is no stranger to Denver as it started life at DRGW 3102. On June 3, 1997, it absorbed in to UP's roster as UP 5256. About six years later, on September 30, 2003, it found its new home on the roster as UP 1357. Nearly twenty years later, that's the number it still owns. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108939 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Neither of these units originally left the paint factory in UP Armour Yellow. In fact, UP 1357 started as DRGW 3102 when it was delivered in April 1972. UPY 691 started out in deep blue as MP 1691 in February 1982. UPY 691 has certainly seen better days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108940 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 250 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Two light units sit, awaiting their next yard assignment. Two others currently work the "Salt Mine" job, switching cars in the yard, working to build new trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108941 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF At the northeast end of BNSF's 31st Street Yard, BNSF 1660 and BNSF 1590 work to break down a train, switching cars from the train on to different tracks, organizing them toward either their next destination (if not in Denver), or their final destination (if a local will deliver them in Denver). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108942 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Denver yard is by far the largest yard in Denver, larger than both UP's North Yard and UP's 36th Street Yard. It has over 35 yard tracks in several places as well as a full car repair facility. The south side of the yard (far left in this frame) has three tracks under CTC control. The main line, plus "Coal 1" and "Coal 2", where coal trains frequently tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108943 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 231 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's North Yard is fairly empty on this Sunday morning, with only a handful of units hanging around, most of those being units for yard jobs, transfers, or locals. Granted there are only four destinations for road freights that North Yard has to contend with these days: Pueblo to the south, North Platte, NE to the east, and Grand Junction to the west, and Green River, WY to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108944 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kalamath Street Denver, CO 332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9027 has come to a stop on Main 1 a few hundred feet away from Kalamath Street along I-25. The crew of the train is actually tying the train down on Main 1. The SUV to the right will take the crew back to the yard office. Typically, southbounds are tied down in the siding known as Hogan's Alley. However, as you can see, there is already a train tied down there. So, for the time being, Main 2 will the only track open in either direction between Walnut Street and South Denver. In the distance, Longs Peak stands tall at 14,259 feet above sea level. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.