Photo ID: 109220 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 271 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A string of units sits at the "fuel rack" in North Yard, getting serviced in preparation for their next job. Meanwhile, a morning yard job is switching down "the ladder", working to break up and/or build trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109219 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 286 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific There is a smattering of power hanging out at North Yard on this Memorial Day morning. The two units in the foreground are switching cars in the yard. The string of engines further back are sitting on the fuel tracks, getting prepared for their next assignment. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109218 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 295 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF The sun is not quite high enough yet to fully light all of the power sitting at BNSF's engine facility ("the house"). Of note is the C44-9W in the foreground on the left that appears to have been sold to Kansas City Southern! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109216 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 369 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The process Amtrak must go through to make its station stop in Denver is rather involved. Multiple tracks and dispatchers are involved. Union Station has "stub tracks", meaning there is only an exit in one direction. Consequently, the Zephyr must back in to the station. Here, the morning Zephyr is backing down the Buck Lead by BNSF's engine facility, underneath Park West Avenue. Note Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, in front of the Denver skyline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109215 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 396 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak A northbound BNSF coal empty on Main 1 is stopped at a red signal, waiting on the Zephyr to back across the diamond on the Buck Lead, on its way in to its morning station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109214 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 267 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Passengers that are on the Zephyr and up with sun in the lounge car look across the Joint Line as Amtrak slowly backs up on the Buck Lead to make its station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109212 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 264 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The Zephyr is wrapping around from BNSF's 31st Street Yard to head toward Prospect Jct. It will then back down the Buck Lead across the north end of the Joint Line in to Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109211 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 29, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is crossing the South Platte River, moving through BNSF's Denver Yard on its way to its station stop at Union Station. Some BNSF light power is coming out of the yard, headed for "the house" to be serviced. RTD's N-Line Commuter rail tracks are elevated on the bridge to the right. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108943 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 310 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP's North Yard is fairly empty on this Sunday morning, with only a handful of units hanging around, most of those being units for yard jobs, transfers, or locals. Granted there are only four destinations for road freights that North Yard has to contend with these days: Pueblo to the south, North Platte, NE to the east, and Grand Junction to the west, and Green River, WY to the west. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108942 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 316 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF's Denver yard is by far the largest yard in Denver, larger than both UP's North Yard and UP's 36th Street Yard. It has over 35 yard tracks in several places as well as a full car repair facility. The south side of the yard (far left in this frame) has three tracks under CTC control. The main line, plus "Coal 1" and "Coal 2", where coal trains frequently tie down. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108941 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF At the northeast end of BNSF's 31st Street Yard, BNSF 1660 and BNSF 1590 work to break down a train, switching cars from the train on to different tracks, organizing them toward either their next destination (if not in Denver), or their final destination (if a local will deliver them in Denver). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108940 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 334 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Two light units sit, awaiting their next yard assignment. Two others currently work the "Salt Mine" job, switching cars in the yard, working to build new trains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108939 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 355 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Neither of these units originally left the paint factory in UP Armour Yellow. In fact, UP 1357 started as DRGW 3102 when it was delivered in April 1972. UPY 691 started out in deep blue as MP 1691 in February 1982. UPY 691 has certainly seen better days! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108938 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 447 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A UP GP40-2 #1357 sits near the yard office at UP's 36th Street Yard. This particular GP40-2 is no stranger to Denver as it started life at DRGW 3102. On June 3, 1997, it absorbed in to UP's roster as UP 5256. About six years later, on September 30, 2003, it found its new home on the roster as UP 1357. Nearly twenty years later, that's the number it still owns. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108937 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 36th Street Yard Denver, CO 388 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A look toward downtown over UP's 36th Street Yard. The area is transforming from one that is largely industrial (whether active or abandoned) to one of mixed commercial and residential. As you can see in this shot, four climbing cranes are visible, working to build new buildings ever higher. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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