Photo ID: 112583 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Denver Rock Island DRIR 1083 has crossed Franklin Street and has opened the gates to the Waste Management Recycle center. The crew is delivering a couple of empty box cars to the recycle plant for loading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112582 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Denver Rock Island Denver Rock Island SW1500 #1083 has the switching duties this morning as it shoves some box cars across Franklin Street in Denver. This particular switcher started life as SP 2480 in September 1967. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112581 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 45 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Denver Rock Island A Denver Rock Island switch job is moving to spot some empty box cars at the Waste Management Franklin Street Recycling building. These cars were just delivered to DRIR from Union Pacific a few hours earlier! A cement truck slows on Franklin Street in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112580 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed C&S Jct to Arvada (MP 4.8 to MP MP 7.5) Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This GP40N is catching a ride on the MGJNY. The unit is likely due for a 90-day inspection, and is on its way to North Platte, NE. The unit was originally a GP40-2, delivered to Western Pacific in July 1979 as WP 3548. For the rivet counters out there, its frame number is 786220-4. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112579 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS007 (Arvada) Denver, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific At CP DS007 (Arvada), the MGJNY diverges from the Main Track to Main 2. UP intentionally added a little dog leg curve to the main so Main 1 (far track to the right) would not be diverging at the switch. This is because heavy coal trains (and now oil train) generally run on Main 1, and UP did not want the heavy trains to diverging through the switch. The switch itself is actually a (relatively) high speed switch. It is long and has moveable point frogs. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112578 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada to Leyden (MP 7.5 to MP 11.9) Denver, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MGJNY, the thrice-weekly manifest from Grand Junction to Denver, is approaching the Pierce Street grade crossing in Arvada. If you look in the distance, you can actually see Big Ten Loop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112577 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the Rocky Mountaineer at Arvada, this loaded oil train continued east and into Bypass 1 at C&S Junction. The Rocky Mountaineer got out of town just in time, as both Bypass tracks are now plugged with trains. Bypass 2 has a coal train on it (behind the camera). At the time of this photo, there was a new rumor floating around that UP is planning to start running all oil trains through Wyoming and over Soldier Summit, cutting out the Moffat. Time will tell... Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112576 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 42 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer At C&S Junction, the Rocky Mountaineer proceeds west from Main 1 to Main 2 on a diverging approach signal. The train will stop at the next signal at Arvada to wait for an eastbound oil train. For those versed in identifying which main is which, you might noticed that the head end of the train is still on Main 1 in this shot. The OS at C&S Junction is half a mile long, and the crossover from Main 1 to Main 2 is behind the camera. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112575 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The Rocky Mountaineer had to briefly hold on Bypass 1 at C&S Junction to wait on a (somewhat rare) eastbound UP coal load that just arrived on Bypass 2. With the coal train now in the clear, the Mountaineer will shortly be able to continue west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112574 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed DRIR Shops Denver, CO 41 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Denver Rock Island A roster shot of a recent acquisition of the Denver and Rock Island from Nebraska Central. This is, I believe, a former Santa Fe GP7. If anyone has more information on the unit, feel free to leave a comment! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112573 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed DRIR Shops Denver, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Denver Rock Island The Denver and Rock Island is a short line railroad in Denver. The railroad has fewer than ten units on the roster, and fewer than ten miles of track! However, the railroad is generally very busy as a lot of customers are located on its rails. Many customers found the DRIR to be more responsive to demand than UP or BNSF. Here, we see a few of the railroads units. DRIR 417 is an NW2. DRIR 88 is a GP9R. DRIR 1083 is an SW1500. The last unit is a recent acquisition from Nebraska Central, and is a GP7. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112572 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS901 (Stock Yards) Denver, CO 53 (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 53 (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: 112570 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Stock Yards Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Rock Island (DRIR) Union Pacific A pair of UP units slowly back up away from the camera. The train is actually a yard job, transfer cars from UP to the short line Denver and Rock Island. The train is on DRIR tracks right now. After delivering these cars, the UP power will pick up a string of cars ready to depart Denver, and return to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112569 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Union Station Denver, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Denver Union Terminal (RTD) Rocky Mountaineer It took a little extra time to get out of the station today, but the Rocky Mountaineer is on the move with RMRX 8020 (a GP40-3) and RMRX 8600 (an SD40M-2) for power. RMRX 8021 is currently in the shop. The Mountaineer does not have trackage rights on BNSF, so it has to the take the long way out of town, heading northeast toward UP's 36th Street Yard, and eventually west across the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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