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Photo ID: 113078
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Stapleton
Denver, CO
254
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Limon (UP) Union Pacific
The crew on the Limon Local is currently working to cut away from LTEX 3842, a GP38-2 that is shut off, to be delivered to a new rail park near Bennett, CO. Next, UP 6168 will jump over to the next track to pick up UP 1484 and the string of cars it is attached to.
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Photo ID: 113077
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Stapleton
Denver, CO
154
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Limon (UP) LTEX
UP 6168 back up with LTEX 3842 toward the first string of cars for the Limon Local. The crew will temporarily leave LTEX 3842 along with the string of cars. This will allow the crew to pick up the two additional (UP) units for the journey, with LTEX 3842 being the fourth units.
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Photo ID: 113076
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Stapleton
Denver, CO
235
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Limon (UP) Union Pacific
In addition to the AC4400CW that the crew brought out of North Yard with them, an ex-SP GP40-2 (now a GP40N) and a snoot-nose SD40-2 will provide power for the local. Unlike the last few weeks when I have observed the local, the crew has a utility man (or "U-Man") to help protect shoves and check hand brakes.
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Photo ID: 113075
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Stapleton
Denver, CO
156
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Limon (UP) LTEX
This is a very interesting picture! While the conductor on the Limon Local works to tie on a FRED (or End of Train device) to what will become the last car of the local, four random guys are walking between yard tracks! They are carrying backpacks, stepladders, and bottles of water. Were they just in the midst of a little graffiti work? I cannot say for sure, but it was quite odd to see! They continued walking west, eventually leaving UP property.
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Photo ID: 113074
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
148
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Yard Shots LTEX
The Limon Local, led by UP 6168, has LTEX 3842 in tow today. The GP38-2 will be delivered near Bennett, CO when the local returns west from Limon.
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Photo ID: 113073
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
260
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
Power for the Limon Local passed by the Mid America passenger car (MRLX 1659), which is currently on Track 22 in North Yard. The local is on Track 24, the track that is used on the west side of the yard to move north or south through the yard.
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Photo ID: 113072
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
277
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
The crew of the Limon Local goes on duty at 12:00 (noon) on Sunday afternoons. After arriving at North Yard and getting some things ready to go, the crew is on UP 6168, which will be the leader for the eastbound local. The train is waiting for the local at Stapleton, doubled over on two tracks. Today, an LTEX GP38-2 joins the train to be delivered at a rail park out near Bennett, CO.
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Photo ID: 113071
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
242
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
Union Pacific has (or has had) a lot of C44-9Ws in long term storage around the system. UP definitely prefers AC powered units to DC powered units, so they have contracted with Wabtec to rebuild a lot of the older DC units into AC units. UP 9823 is a great example! It was originally CNW 8719, delivered in May 1994. It has now been rebuilt into a C44ACM.
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Photo ID: 113070
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
245
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
Mid-train swing power from a (rare) eastbound coal load heads south on Track 24 in North Yard, on the way to "the pit" to be serviced for their next assignment. Of note, UP 6219 was originally SP 172, delivered in May 1995.
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Photo ID: 113069
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
260
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Yard Shots MRLX, Union Pacific
A close up shot of MRLX 1659 sitting in North Yard. The car was originally built in 1950 by Pullman-Standard for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. The C&O ordered 284 streamlined cars from Pullman-Standard in 1946 (later reduced to 185 cars), and this was part of that order. After the C&O, the car spent time on the rosters of the Seaboard Coast Line, Chicago & North Western, Southern Pacific, and Nacionales de Mexico, before landing on the roster of Mid America Rail Car Leasing. It is rumored that it is now headed for a museum in Illinois.
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Photo ID: 113068
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
230
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Yard Shots MRLX, Union Pacific
Earlier in the day, I got a shot of this Mid America Rail Car Leasing (MRLX) passenger car in North Yard. Later in the day, the sun had moved to the west side, so I decided to go back for some better shots. The car is sitting on Track 22, waiting to be taken to North Platte, NE, and eventually, a railroad museum in Illinois.
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Photo ID: 113067
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Burnham Yard
Denver, CO
265
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Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande
A good overview of what little remains of UP's (and, before that, Rio Grande's) Burnham Shops in Denver. This was taken near the south end of the yard, looking north toward the 8th Avenue Viaduct and the main engine maintenance facility. On Valentine's Day, 2016, Burnham was closed. Some shop personnel were offer transfers to North Platte, NE. Others were offered "golden parachutes" to retire. Still, others were just let go.

5-10 years from the date of this shot, this same perspective will likely show a brand new stadium for the Denver Broncos. It is said the stadium will include a retractable roof with the hopes of attracting the Super Bowl. The Broncos current stadium, Empower Field, which opened in 2001, is visible in this shot in the distance. Look for the orange and blue in the top-left quadrant of the shot.
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Photo ID: 113066
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Yard
Denver, CO
277
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Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande
In this shot, you can clearly see the pit for the turntable that was actually in use at Burnham up until it was closed in 2016.
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Photo ID: 113065
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
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Burnham Yard
Denver, CO
251
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Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande
The 8th Avenue viaduct was constructed well after the main engine maintenance facility at Burnham, so the viaduct had to curve around the south side of the building, only a few feet away. It sounds as though the Denver Broncos are going to get a new stadium build on these grounds, so it is likely that the 8th Avenue viaduct will be demolished. Time is also running out for the engine maintenance building as well. It is the only building (as of the taking of this picture) that hasn't started (or completed) demolition at Burnham.
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Photo ID: 113064
Date Shot
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Sunday, September 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan
Location
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Burnham Yard
Denver, CO
282
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Yard Shots Union Pacific, Rio Grande
Part of a large transfer crane still stands on its rail tracks at the former Burnham shops. You can see Downtown Denver in the distance, only about a mile and a half away.
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