Photo ID: 110143 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 420 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Rio Grande's (and later SP and UP's) Burnham shops were located quite close to Denver. UP closed the shop on February 14, 2016. Rumor has it that in 1996, UP made a deal with then Colorado governor Roy Romer, agreeing to keep the shop open for 20 years in exchange for Colorado not objecting to UP mothballing Tennessee Pass the following year in 1997. The shops had a turntable that was still in use right up until the shops closed. The shops predate the 8th Avenue viaduct which, when built, had to be built around the south end of the main shops. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110142 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 345 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An overview of the main shop at Burnham. This is where, until February 14, 2016, UP made major repairs to diesel units in Denver. Prior to UP, SP and (of course) Rio Grande carried out maintenance here. After closing the shop, units in need of maintenance in Denver must go to North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110141 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 352 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Building #3 at the (former) Burnham Shops in Denver used to have 10 stalls, and was used for maintenance. In the summer of 2021, the building caught fire and burned completely to the ground. Since UP had already removed all the equipment from the property it cared about, little was done for the old building, other than putting the flames out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110140 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Burnham Denver, CO 348 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After UP abandoned the Burnham Shops in Denver, in the summer of 2021, Building #3, which housed some maintenance equipment, completely burned to the ground. The stalls for the shop used to be accessed by a transfer table, now long since removed. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110139 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 478 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 663 is a former Missouri Pacific GP38-2 (with no dynamic brakes). It has certainly seen better days, as it is absolutely covered in graffiti. More than likely, it recently came to Denver from Southern California. It and fellow UP SD40-2 are part of a yard transfer. UP brought some cars over to BNSF, and they are not preparing to head back to North Yard. Additionally, take note of the long hood of BNSF 6778, which appears to say "BSNF"! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110124 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An eastbound UP manifest has a single ES44AC as a trailing DPU as the train rolls down the main at Leyden. The DPU is crossing over Indiana Street, a road that the City of Arvada would like to widen to four lanes, but will require the replacement of this bridge as it is only wide enough for the current two lanes. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110123 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 445 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Just west of the west end of Leyden, an eastbound UP manifest crosses the fill in some fantastic morning light. This train frequently descends the front range in the morning hours, although frequently it is in pre-dawn hours. Was nice to catch the train, with eight units on the point and several cars of lumber, in the light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110122 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 19, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 457 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Eight units lead an eastbound MGJNY (manifest, Grand Junction to North Yard) on the main just west of Leyden. Only the first three units are online and loading. The trailing five are just be repositioned to Denver. If you look off in the distance along the base of the mountains, you can see the Moffat mainline between Tunnels 2 and 5. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110115 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Arvada, CO 382 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The sun is technically minutes away from setting, but a thick layer of clouds to the west is blocking out the light, effectively creating blue hour with very low light. The ISO is bumped up (and the grain is definitely apparent) as UP's North Yard to Grand Junction manifest heads west out of Leyden. This exact same train attempt to head west just over 24 hours earlier, but stalled out due to two engines failing on the climb out of Rocky. The entire train backed down close to North Yard for new power. This is the second attempt (which will be successful). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110111 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS019 (West Rocky) Arvada, CO 381 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 8934 just met BNSF's Denver-Provo at Rocky. The BNSF conductor joked that "this is going to be a real hard roll by." The UP conductor replied "just make sure we have all six axles." Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110110 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 392 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single UP SD70ACe comes around the east side of Big Ten Curve, the Denver skyline visible in the distance. This unit went west earlier in the day to assist an oil train that stalled out between Fraser and Winter Park. After helping drag the train through the Moffat Tunnel, the unit cut away and is now headed back to Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110109 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 368 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound BNSF Denver-Provo manifest, with a trio of SD70ACes, waits in the siding at Rocky for a single UP SD70ACe that is currently headed east above at Eisele (Clay). The sole SD70ACe went west at 4am to help out an oil train that had stalled between Fraser and Winter Park. After bringing the train through the Moffat, the unit cut off and headed back to Denver light. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110108 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rocky (7,330ft) Arvada, CO 359 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A single SD70ACe brings up the end of UP's thrice-weekly MNYGJ. The is typically called at North Yard at 1800, but on this day, it was called around 1200. Unfortunately, the 7,100 foot manifest has stopped because two units on the head end have mechanical issues. Shortly, the train will pull forward to clear west Rocky, then back down between switches on the siding. However, it would turn out the train could not fit between the west switch and the derail at the east end, so the train would back all the way down to (near) North Yard for a power swap. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110107 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGJ is actually stopped on the 2% grade just west of Rocky. It will ultimately have to back down the main all the way to between Arvada and C&S Jct due to power issues. However, if it were to continue westbound, it would soon reach the east switch of Eisele (Clay) at the top of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110106 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, January 16, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 352 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A look at the 2% climb out of Rocky, up and toward Big Ten Curve. A trio of units are attempting to lead the MNYGJ westbound. "Attempting" is the key word as the 2nd and 3rd units both have mechanical issues and the train has come to a stop. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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