Photo ID: 110143 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 162 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Rio Grande's (and later SP and UP's) Burnham shops were located quite close to Denver. UP closed the shop on February 14, 2016. Rumor has it that in 1996, UP made a deal with then Colorado governor Roy Romer, agreeing to keep the shop open for 20 years in exchange for Colorado not objecting to UP mothballing Tennessee Pass the following year in 1997. The shops had a turntable that was still in use right up until the shops closed. The shops predate the 8th Avenue viaduct which, when built, had to be built around the south end of the main shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110144 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 182 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific One of the pieces of machinery that was located at Burnham was a transfer crane that ran on rails. Most of the relevant parts have been auctioned off, but the piece of the crane that spans the ground between the rails still remains. (I am not a crane expert, so feel free to leave a comment with more information, should you have it!) Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110145 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 165 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Since UP closed the shops at Burnham, private security has been on the premises, ostensibly to protect the property from vandals. Despite the private security, graffiti "artists" have managed to do quite a job on the buildings on the property. Including the "Graffiti Kings" tag along the top of the building. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110146 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The north face of the main shops at Burnham, now quiet from activity for nearly eight years. All of the rails at Burnham were pulled up and repurposed by Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110147 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 161 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at the north side of burned down Building #3. You can see that on the north side of the building, there was a "trench" that ran beneath one of the tracks for maintenance on the under side of cars. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110148 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 171 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A shot from the north side of Building #3, looking through the middle of the burned out building through one of the doors. The building caught fire and burned down in the summer of 2021. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110149 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look at the shops on the north side of Burnham. Burned down Building #3 is visible near the top of the frame. You can see where some tracks used to run, but all have since been pulled up. There are still two tracks (not used by Light Rail) on the top-right of the frame. UP uses these to access a few customers still in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110150 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the south side of Building #4 and Building #3, we look north. You can see the top of Building #3, clearly burned out from the fire in the summer of 2021. And, as is the case throughout Burnham, graffiti is absolutely everywhere. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110151 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 176 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific You can pretty obviously tell which parts of Building #3 were built out of brick and/or concrete, and which parts were build out of wood. The roof of the main part of the building is gone, and most of the walls (and roof) of the secondary part of the building are also gone. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110152 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the north side of Burnham, we look south and see a few refuel pads that were once used, with their concrete bases. The rails have all long since been removed, and mother nature is trying to reclaim the property. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110153 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific From the northeast side of Building #3, the fire damage does not look quite as severe, save for the clearly charred black roof that no longer really exists. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110154 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bur Denver, CO 156 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An overview of the Burnham property from the north side. You can see that a lot of rail used to run through the property, but evidence of them is disappearing as weeds overtake what is left on the property. Rumor has it that CDOT (the Colorado Department of Transportation) has purchased the property. For exactly what reason, it is not clear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110155 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Sedalia Sedalia, CO 174 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 7654 and train are currently stopped on Main 1 in the small town of Sedalia, CO on the Joint Line. The train lost communication with the ETD (End of Train Device, sometimes referred to as a FRED). Consequently, the crew cannot tell if the air brakes on the train are working properly as they cannot see the amount of air in the brake line at the end of the train. After 45 minutes or so, the problem would be worked out, and the train would continue. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 215 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An ES44DC and an ES44C4 lead a southbound intermodal train over West Plum Parkway in Castle Rock alongside I-25. This scene changed fairly significantly in 2011 when West Plum Parkway was actually built. Prior to that, there was no bridge (for the tracks) in this scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110157 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Castle Rock Douglas County, CO 184 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Even with the reduction in the demand for coal, coal trains still dominate the Joint Line. So, it is nice to come across a non-coal train! Such is the case with this baretable intermodal train. You'd typically think of a string of empty well cars when referring to a baretable. But in this case, all of the trailers and containers on this train are empty. Just be repositioned to San Bernardino, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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