Photo ID: 109366 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande Rumor has it that UP 1989 has been placed in long term storage due to a downturn in business. If that's the case, it is being stored in an unusual spot. It is currently near the ready tracks in North Yard, along with an SD70ACe-T4 and an AC4400CW. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109367 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 258 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande UP 1989 sits shut down near the ready tracks in North Yard. It has been rumored that it has been placed in storage due to a downturn in business on UP. If that is true, it may well be sitting here for weeks or months to come. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109368 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS002 (North Yard) Denver, CO 251 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr, running just a few minutes behind schedule, passes by a clear (green) signal at CP DS002. North Yard has a fair amount of cars in the background. The empty track alongside the Zephyr is BNSF's "New North Main". All other tracks in the foreground are owned by UP. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109369 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 240 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An interesting quartet of light power moves around near Utah Jct at the north end of North Yard. UP 1997 and UP 1980 are both SD40-2s, UP 4553 is an SD70M, and BNSF 7638 is ES44DC. The mix of newer and older power, along with a foreign unit (BNSF) is what makes this consist somewhat unusual. 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. 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: 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: 109373 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed The Narrows Denver, CO 344 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific For the previous two months, The Rocky Mountaineer has only making a single trip per week from Denver out to Moab and back. However, with fall rapidly approaching, the train has once again started up twice-weekly service. The Mountaineer power is still in the shop, so a pair of (Phase 2) SD70Ms are being used for power. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109374 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway Denver, CO 296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific In a very rare move, the Rocky Mountaineer has backed across the Belt Lead to Broadway. Bypass 1 and 2 both have trains on them, so the Mountaineer has to back in to North Yard and then depart westbound on Main 3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109375 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct (CP DS003) Denver, CO 257 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific At Utah Jct, a pair of UP SD70Ms are shoving the Rocky Mountaineer off the Belt, across BNSF's North Main, and in to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109376 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 309 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific Once upon a time, the Belt Line was used by Rock Island to bring trains from east on the plains to North Yard to interchange with Rio Grande. Today, the Belt and North Yard are, of course, owned by UP. The Rocky Mountaineer, is a rare move, is backing off the Belt Line and in to North Yard so it can depart west toward the Moffat on Main 3. Typically, the train would just cross Bypass 1 or 2 westbound, but both Bypass tracks were blocked, necessitating the rare move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109377 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 216 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 6385 was the lead unit on an eastbound oil train that came off the Moffat earlier this morning. The third unit from the head end was not needed for the journey east on the plains, so the outbound crew (new crew that got on in Denver for the journey east) had to cut the power off and back down the Belt in to North Yard to drop off the third unit. That lead unit, UP 6385, started life as SP 339. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109378 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 212 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific This shot at Utah Jct is a little bit deceptive. It rather appears that there is a lot of power on the point of the Rocky Mountaineer. In reality, the Mountaineer is back a bit and three light units are coming in to North Yard off the Belt Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109379 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 302 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The westbound Rocky Mountaineer, with a pair of SD70Ms for power, pulls out of North Yard, ready to head west on Main 3 toward the Moffat. The classic signal bridge at Utah Jct, still stands in 2023. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109380 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, September 3, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 297 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific After a rare move that saw the Rocky Mountaineer back down the Belt Line and in to North Yard, the train is now moving forward again, pulling out of North Yard and crossing over the North Yard siding to Main 3 for the trip west over the Moffat to Moab. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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