Photo ID: 112572 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer With a bit of brutal backlighting, the Rocky Mountaineer starts yet another trip west, passing by the Stock Yards (an interchange with the short line Denver and Rock Island) on the Belt Line. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112571 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The morning Rocky Mountaineer makes its way across the South Platte River on UP's Belt Industrial Lead. The Belt line connects UP's Greeley Sub (and 36th Street Yard) with the Moffat Sub (and North Yard). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112525 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Pecos Denver, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer UP's North Yard, CO to Green River, WY manifest sits on the Belt Lead to the right as the morning Rocky Mountaineer heads west on Bypass 2 to the left. Units on both trains are kicking up quite a bit of visible exhaust this morning! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112215 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS903 (UP Jct) Denver, CO 81 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 9795 crosses over a very low South Platte River, a 5500-foot train in tow. UP 9795 was actually originally delivered to Chicago North Western in April 1994. Within the past few years, UP has started a rebuild program, taking some old DC traction motor units, and rebuilding them as AC traction motor units. This is a perfect example! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112214 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 13, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS903 (UP Jct) Denver, CO 84 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific After coming off of UP's Greeley Sub, the MGRNY is at the far east end of the 4½ mile Belt Industrial Lead. The train has just passed underneath BNSF's Brush Sub, and is about to pass underneath Brighton Blvd on its journey toward North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111400 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bypass 2 Denver, CO 103 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A pair of units sit on the tail end of a westbound oil train. These DPUs will assist the 6,600 foot train on the journey west to Utah. And, perhaps more importantly, on the journey east. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111214 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction to Broadway Denver, CO 190 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014, UP 9625, a handful of passenger cars, 11 freight cars, and a caboose back up on the Belt Industrial Lead. The train will back up all the way across the Belt Line to UP Junction to join the Greeley Sub and then proceed north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111213 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific At Utah Junction, UP 4014 crosses BNSF's Front Range Subdivision on the Belt Industrial Lead. The train is actually backing up in this shot, making it way (backward) to the Greeley Sub to depart north to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110750 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Broadway Denver, CO 235 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific A pair of UP SD70Ms...the same that the Rocky Mountaineer has borrowed for the last few seasons...are once again leading the Rocky Mountaineer west across the Belt Line. It is currently passing Copeland Lake just east of I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110749 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed East of Broadway Denver, CO 195 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer, Union Pacific The Sunday Rocky Mountaineer is headed west across the Belt Industrial Lead, working on getting out of Denver for its journey west to Moab. The train passes through some pretty industrial areas before getting to the western suburbs, leaving the city behind. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110743 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River Denver, CO 163 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific This Phase 2 SD70M is crossing over the South Platte River as the fourth unit on an eastbound (soon to be northbound) manifest. The top of the unit has definitely seen some better days as rust has set in across the gray. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110742 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South Platte River Denver, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A quartet of elephant-style units, two EMD and two GE, lead the MNYGR across a relatively full South Platte River on the Belt Industrial Lead. This is a single track, CTC line that connects North Yard (and the Moffat) with 36th Street (and the Greeley Sub). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110741 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 150 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads UP's MNYGR (Manifest from North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). The length of train varies from day-to-day. This Sunday morning, the train is an impressive 142 cars long. Over 8,000 feet in length, including the power. Here, the train is making its way across the Belt Industrial Lead, passing by the Stock Yards and about to cross over York Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110595 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct (CP DS003) Denver, CO 238 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific This UP manifest, which just ran south on the Greeley Sub, is nearing the end of its trip to North Yard. The train is about to cross over the Moffat Sub at the diamond here at Utah Jct. The track in the foreground, the Moffat Sub, is the track the Zephyr uses twice daily between Union Station and the Rockies. UP 7855 will be taking their train in to Yard Track 5. They will cut the engines off the train and run them to "the pit" for servicing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110594 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct (CP DS003) Denver, CO 203 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific At Utah Jct, UP 7855 crosses over BNSF's "New North Main" on its way in to North Yard. BNSF's New North Main continues north on the other side of the diamond to BNSF's Front Range Subdivision, which runs north to Cheyenne. This diamond is one of the very few stretches of CTC for BNSF trains anywhere between Denver and Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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