Photo ID: 110403 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 6696 sits near the North Yard shops with blue flags posted. Behind UP 6696, a string of engines sit on the ready track. As the name implies, engines on the ready track are ready for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110402 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An SD70M sits just south of the engine shop at North Yard. With all heavy maintenance having been moved to North Platte, I'm not even sure to what extent maintenance on engines can be done at North Yard these days. Regardless, the shop door is open on a Sunday afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110401 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A GP38-2 (now designated as a GP38N after a rebuilt by UP) and an SD40-2 sit together near the yard office in North Yard. These two units are idle at the moment, but when needed, they'll be used as switcher in the yard. It is pretty easy to trace the heritage of UP 737 by virtue of the fact that it has no dynamic brakes. With very few exception, nearly any unit without dynamic brakes is of Missouri Pacific heritage. MoPac ordered many units that had no dynamic brakes as MoPac ran in (relatively) flat lands. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110400 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The ZLBDV has arrived in Denver and is currently shoving cars back in to the intermodal facility located just off of UP's 36th Street Yard. This entire area, known as the Rhino District of Denver, has radically changed in the past 10-15 years. Massive apartment complexes have built up all around the yard. New restaurants have opened in the area and new bridges cross the yard to connect either side of the tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110398 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Forney Museum of Transportation Denver, CO 409 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver has a lot of great, classic equipment. Trains, cars, motorcycles, and even a few small planes. One of the "crown jewels" of the train collection is UP 4005. It is one of only 25 that were produced between 1941 and 1944. This particular one is "stuffed" meaning it is no longer operable. But it looks pretty great sitting inside the museum, safe and protected from the outside conditions of the world. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110394 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Platteville Weld County, CO 450 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific After passenger trains, the second most difficult train to get ahead of is definitely a Z-Train! I was able to set up for this shot just south of Platteville, with four GEs on the point. But this would be the last shot I was able to get prior to the train arriving in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110393 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W045 (South La Salle) La Salle, CO 579 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 8205 and train have a clear (green) signal on the main at the south switch of La Salle. You may note that there is a derail set on the siding here. That is due to a local that is currently in the siding and switching out cars at the yard in La Salle. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110392 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Nunn Weld County, CO 581 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Not too far north of Nunn on the Greeley Sub, a quartet of GEs has this southbound Z-Train on the move at track speed. Since PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading) has somewhat taken over several railroads, there are more "mixed" trains. Case-in-point is this Z-Train which has many auto racks on the front, and traditional stacks and pigs on the rear. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110391 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W086 (North Carr) Carr, CO 573 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 8205, leading the ZLBDV-12, knocks down a Diverging Approach (red over yellow) signal at the north end of Carr, heading in to the siding. The northbound train that is being met is already between switches on the main. Should be just another few weeks and the trees here will have their leaves back for the summer. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110390 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Carr (7,716ft) Carr, CO 429 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A northbound coal empty holds the main track at Carr, CO. The train is ultimately headed for the Black Thunder Mine in the Power River Basin in Wyoming. The train is currently holding for a southbound Z-Train that is just minutes away from the north switch. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110389 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W098 (Speer Junction) Laramie County, WY 496 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific At the very north end of the Greeley Subdivision, this Z-Train is starting to head toward Denver after a crew change at Speer. The train is passing underneath I-25 just south of Speer Jct. The train you see above in the distance is indeed the back part of this same train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110388 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie Cutoff Laramie County, WY 380 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific The Borie Cutoff is a (roughly) 3 1/2 mile long stretch of single track that connects Main 1 and 2 of UP's Overland Route with Main 3 and the Greeley Sub at Speer Jct. This allows trains that were on the Overland but are headed for Denver, such as this Z-Train, to head straight for Speer for their crew change from Mains 1 and 2. If you look in the distance, the bridge you see actually crosses over Mains 1 and 2. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110387 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie Laramie County, WY 448 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific Although it may not look like it based on the auto racks, this is actually a Z-train. The ZLBDV (Long Beach, CA to Denver, CO). Traditionally, when you think of a Z-train, you probably think of intermodal cars (double stacks and piggy backs). This train does have those, but they are behind the auto racks, out of sight around the corner. The train is on the Borie Cutoff, which is a shortcut from the Overland main to Speer Jct where the Greeley Sub connects in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110386 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Borie Laramie County, WY 397 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Laramie (UP) Union Pacific At Borie, just west of Cheyenne, A Denver-bound intermodal hotshot, the ZLBDV, crosses over from Main 1 to Main 2, and then from Main 2 to the Borie Cutoff, headed for Speer, WY for a crew change. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110385 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 14, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burns Burns, WY 411 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Sidney (UP) Union Pacific, VIA, Amtrak UP 5875, transporting some Siemens-built equipment that will be delivered to VIA rail (the first six units) and Amtrak (last two units) meets a very long westbound intermodal train (the ZG2BRB) at Burns, WY. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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