Photo ID: 113819 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 55 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX BNSF's Denver-Laurel has a special piece of equipment in the consist today! This F7A, which has changed hands through several different railroads in its 73 years, is headed for the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum in Reardon, WA. Hopefully, once there, it will eventually be restored to its originally Spokane, Portland, and Seattle paint scheme. In the meantime, it was nice seeing it as a "car" 84 cars deep in the consist of this 8,700-foot train. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113818 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 72 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6159 and BNSF 9298 lead BNSF's northbound Denver-Laurel (HDENLAU) this morning. The train is passing by Church Ranch "Lake", which dried up years ago and has really just been a field for quite some time. It is an overcast day ahead of a fairly substantial storm moving into the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113817 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Church Ranch Lake Westminster, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF A pair of units lead a 8,700-foot Denver-Laurel manifest through Westminster on BNSF's Front Range Sub. The train just passed through a Form B. You can see the "yellow/red" board on the side of the track, which indicates the Form B starts a mile to the south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113816 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX It's rather incredible to think that there was a time many decades ago when F-units were the start power on freight trains, and would have been common place in locations such as here at the north end of North Yard on the BNSF Front Range Sub! This F7 was delivered to the SP&S in 1953, and is now headed back to Washington to the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum. Hopefully, it'll be restored in its SP&S paint. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113815 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Junction Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) RPCX How is this for a rare catch! An EMD F7 with Minnesota Zephyr livery is headed to the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum in Reardon, WA. The unit was delivered to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway in 1953. It then, of course, went to Burlington Northern's roster after the merger in 1970. BN sold it to the Cadillac and Lake City Railway, which then sold it to the Colorado and Eastern Railway. It then wound up in the hands of the Minnesota Zephyr in Stillwater, MN, a tourist operation. That operation ended in 2008, and the unit went to the San Luis and Rio Grande. Finally, the unit was sold (or donated) to the museum in Reardon and is making its way there on BNSF's HDENLAU (Denver-Laurel), seen here by UP's North Yard. The unit is now number RPCX 804. RPCX, incidentally, is the Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113814 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 54 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Denver's rail intermodal scene is pretty small compared to markets like LA or Chicago. Rennicks Yard represents BNSF's entire intermodal presence in Denver. Granted, it is not an insignificant yard, seen here form the north end. A lot of JB Hunt (and other) trailers flow through here on a weekly basis. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113813 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 3047 is one of roughly 200 SD70ACe-T4s that Union Pacific has on its roster. For the past decade, the EPA has mandated extremely strict emissions standards (known as "Tier-4" standards) for diesel-electric locomotives. Both Union Pacific and GE have locomotives that meet the requirements, but neither has experienced great success with sales in the United States. These units are more expensive up front, more expensive to maintain, and tend to be less reliable due to their complexity. Consequently, while a handful are in service, most railroads have instead created their own in-house rebuild program for older locomotives that are exempt, rather than spend extra money on purchases. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113812 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF BNSF 6159 leads today's HDENLAU, sitting on BNSF's New North Main, waiting for a UP manifest to enter the yard from the Belt Industrial Lead. UP 7389 is leading that train coming into the yard, a few yard tracks deep in North Yard in the background. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113811 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Denver, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Front Range (BNSF) BNSF BNSF's Denver, CO to Laurel, MT (daily) manifest sits at alongside Rennicks Yard on the New North Main, looking at a red signal at Utah Junction. The crew has received their warrant, and is just waiting for a UP train to clear the diamond so UP DS-378 can get them a light to cross the diamond and proceed north toward Cheyenne and beyond. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113810 Date Shot Photo By Monday, May 4, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Utah Jct Denver, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A UP manifest is entering North Yard from the Belt Industrial Lead. Not sure where this manifest is coming from, but there are a few possibilities. Most likely is that it is either the MCYNY (coming from Cheyenne, WY), or the MNPNY (coming from North Platte, NE). Here at Utah Junction, the train crosses BNSF's "New North Main" that runs to Cheyenne, and the Moffat mainline. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113809 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A trio of GEs lead a westbound UP oil train out the west end of Leyden under some crazy storm clouds right around an hour before sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113808 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 44 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific DS-378 set up a fantastic meet at Leyden between this westbound oil empty and the eastbound Zephyr. The Zephyr held the main while the oil train ran through the siding. It ended up being a rolling meet, meaning neither train had to come to a stop. With some crazy evening storm lighting, the oil train leaves Leyden westbound. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113807 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 58 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The clouds were truly dramatic and dynamic, amplified by evening sunlight, as the eastbound Zephyr descends from Big Ten Curve and approaches a green signal at the west end of Rocky. One of the P42DCs...not sure which one...developed some mechanical issues on Donner Pass the previous day, and a UP loaner unit was added to assist. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113806 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Big Ten Curve (MP 19.5 to MP 20.2) Arvada, CO 57 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The eastbound Zephyr is descending Big Ten Curve with a UP ES44AC on the head end. Hit the jackpot with the storm lighting this evening as there was a thin section of sky to the west between the clouds and the mountains, allowing the sun to light up the scene. The UP unit was added after mechanical issues developer with one of the P42DCs on Donner Pass. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113805 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 3, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Eisele (Clay) (5,780 ft) Arvada, CO 56 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Amtrak, Union Pacific The Zephyr is running about two hours late this evening, so the sun is well behind the mountain here at Eisele (Clay). Rays of sun still shine over the mountains in the distance, looking geographically north along the Flat Irons. The main reason for the Zephyr running late was mechanical, hence the ES44AC leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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