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Photo ID: 110746
Date Shot
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Sunday, July 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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Cherokee Power Station
Denver, CO
146
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Yard Shots XCLX
Echoes of the Past

At Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Station in northeast Denver, a string of Xcel Energy owned coal hoppers sit silent on slowly rusting rails. Until 2017, the plant was powered by coal from the Colorado high country. For the last seven years, the plant has been fired exclusively by natural gas. The coal trains were emptied in the rotary dump within the blue building to the left.
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Photo ID: 110706
Date Shot
Photo By
Monday, July 8, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
141
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
While searching for UP 1943, which is supposed to be leading a westbound oil train out of Denver later in the day, I came across this old UP SD60M! It was originally delivered as UP 6337 in September 1992. What is the fate of the unit? My guess would be that it is on its way to storage, but I do not know.
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Photo ID: 110688
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
187
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Yard Shots Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
There are only five AC4400CWs still on UP's roster that have not received a full UP repaint. UP 6236 is one such example, still in its original scarlet and gray, with yellow UP patches applied. Here, it sits in North Yard awaiting assignment after arriving on the MGJNY. The unit actually served on the Minturn Local (which hasn't gone as far as Minturn in decades) just a few days ago in the Colorado high country. This was originally SP 257.
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Photo ID: 110687
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
158
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
I'm speculating that UP 4039 has spent some time either in either Southern California or maybe the Houston area in Texas. Those locations tend to attract a lot "taggers"; people that apply graffiti to things.
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Photo ID: 110686
Date Shot
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
168
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
UP 1357 and UPY 625 sit idle in North Yard, not far from the yard tower. When needed, they will be used to switch cars in the yard. UP 1357 started life as DRGW 3102. Amazingly, the GP40-2 that spent so many years on the former Grande, can still be regularly found in and around Denver.
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Photo ID: 110685
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
135
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
UP 1905 is an SD40N. It has been rebuilt by UP from an SD40-2, along with dozens (even hundreds) of others. The unit was originally UP 3205, delivered in May 1973.
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Photo ID: 110684
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, July 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
210
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
A single AC4400CW sits near the ready tracks in North Yard. I shot this same unit the day before. It was the lead unit on a westbound oil train. It stopped in the siding at Leyden because this unit was leaking air to the extent the train went in to emergency and could not be recovered. You can see a bypass hose lining the right side of the unit. It's possible the unit is waiting to be taken to North Platte, NE for repairs.
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Photo ID: 110658
Date Shot
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Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
185
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
UP's manifest from North Yard to Green River, WY sits at the north end of Track 8 in North Yard. After the westbound Zephyr passes by, the train will head for the Belt Industrial Lead, and on to the Greeley Sub. The train will have to "double over", meaning it will pick up the second half of its train from a different track. The train will be 8,100 feet long when it finally departs. To the left, we see a long line of trailers waiting to either be loaded on to trains, or picked up by trucks, at BNSF's Rennicks intermodal facility.
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Photo ID: 110657
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
183
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
A pair of UP AC4400CWs are the bookends to a BNSF C44-9W. The Dash-9 is sporting the Heritage paint scheme. The units are on the UP's MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). Some crew members talk on the ground. the train is waiting for the westbound Zephyr to pass by before heading for the Belt Line. The lead unit, UP 6189, was originally SP 146!
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Photo ID: 110656
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
Location
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North Yard
Denver, CO
149
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
North Yard is pretty quiet on Independence Day 2024. A pair of SD40-2s wait for their next assignment. Three units wait for their turn to be serviced, while a string of other units are currently on the track being serviced.
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Photo ID: 110655
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
128
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
Three units that were recently removed from a train await their turn to be serviced at North Yard. They will be refueled and, if necessary, their sand, water, and oil will be refilled as well. Note the unit closed to the camera is an ET44AC.
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Photo ID: 110654
Date Shot
Photo By
Thursday, July 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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North Yard
Denver, CO
193
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
A pair of UP SD40-2s sit idle near the yard tower at North Yard. The 50+ year old units are now used as switchers at the yard, the same as many second generation EMDs in 2024.
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Photo ID: 110642
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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Rawlins Yard
Rawlins, WY
255
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
70 years ago, there were water towers all along the mainline to refill the tenders. In those days, the engines went to the water. In 2024, since there is currently only one steam engine running on UP, the water is brought to the engine.
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Photo ID: 110641
Date Shot
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Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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Rawlins Yard
Rawlins, WY
238
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
The Big Boy crew is going through the process to shut down the engine after a 172 mile journey from Cheyenne to Rawlins. A water truck has also shown up to refill the tender for the journey west tomorrow.
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Photo ID: 110640
Date Shot
Photo By
Sunday, June 30, 2024 Kevin Morgan
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Rawlins Yard
Rawlins, WY
237
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Yard Shots Union Pacific
UP 4014 has come to a stop for the day in the yard at Rawlins. The crew has placed a "Safety First" sign out to warn the public to not climb on the Big Boy. The crew is working on greasing up parts of the engine as a Mack truck has shown up with water to refill the tender.
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