Photo ID: 113471 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak It is time for the Winter Park Express to kick off another season, even though there is currently no sign of winter in Colorado! As has been the case for the past few years, the Ski Train is starting the season with just five Superliners (four coaches plus a lounge car). The train is just west of Tunnel 1 on a very moderate morning, with temperatures around 50°F (10°C) just six days before Christmas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113472 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Tunnel 1 (MP 23.4, 366 ft) Arvada, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak For the first time since Amtrak started running the Ski Train (Winter Park Express), both P42DCs are sporting the standard Phase 5 paint scheme as AMTK 10 and AMTK 193 lead the train west of Tunnel 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113473 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 26 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer With the expansion of the Rocky Mountaineer next year, running from Denver to Salt Lake City (with layovers at Glenwood Springs and Moab), the two GP40-3s have been re-lettered for the Canyon Spirit. The change was made in the UP car shops at North Yard. Here, the Mountaineers leased SD40M-2 is taking the units back to 36th Street, where the Mountaineer's equipment is stored. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113474 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 18 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer's SD40M-2 pulls the newly lettered GP40-3s as the Canyon Spirit through the yard at 36th Street. You can see the Mountaineer cars in the distance on the track they lease from Union Pacific. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113475 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 21 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Like most Class 1 railroads today, Union Pacific has a lot of older units in long term storage. Many of them, including dozens of SD70Ms, are currently stored at 36th Street Yard in Denver. The units are waiting for one of three things. To just be reactivated and put back in service, to be rebuilt and put back in service, or be sold. Until one of those three things happens, here they will sit quietly and wait. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113476 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific While waiting for the morning Zephyr, I got a shot of this C44ACM sitting near the fuel tracks in North Yard. This unit was originally a C44-9W, but UP rebuilt and converted it from DC traction motors to AC traction motors. The unit also sports UP's newest paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113477 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Fox Jct to North Yard (MP 1.5 to MP 3.0) Denver, CO 19 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak The westbound California Zephyr departed town right on time this morning, and is seen here passing by Rennicks and North Yard on the main track, the Denver Skyline in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113478 Date Shot Photo By Friday, December 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 20 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP yard crewman just started up the prime mover in SD40-2 #1957. It is taking several minutes for the unit to fully warm up and, as a result, a lot of white exhaust is currently being produced. Also of note in this shot in UP 1019, a GP60. For whatever reason, UP seems to utilize GP60s in California and Texas quite a bit. They don't show up in Colorado all that often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.