Photo ID: 112860 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting its counterpart, the MNYGJ, at Rocky, this eastbound UP manifest (the MGJNY) is headed for North Yard in Denver right at sunset. Clouds largely cover the western sky as a bit of sunset colors appear behind the train and the Rocky Mountains. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112859 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 47 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 1540 has likely just completed a regular inspection and is being transported back to Grand Junction on the MNYGJ. The GP40-2, now rebuilt as a GP40N, was delivered as WP 3550, just over 45 years ago in April 1980. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112858 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 21, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 48 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYGJ departs North Yard for Grand Junction on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Typically, the crew is called in the late afternoon and it is quite common for the train to depart well after sunset. The best chance to get shots of the train in light are on the longest days of the year in summer. Such is the case on this day, as UP 6220 heads west out of Leyden. Of note, UP 6220 is no stranger to the Moffat, originally delivered as SP 113 in April 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112842 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I wanted to get a close up shot of the nose of UP 1616, making sure to get a close up of the portrait of Abraham Lincoln himself, the 16th President of the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112841 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 43 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A good side shot of the Abraham Lincoln unit as it sits in Denver in the North Yard storage yard, near the grain elevator. I am not sure what inspired UP to create this unit, honoring the 16th President. Nor am I complaining. It looks great. Just not sure what the motivation was for creating it. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112840 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 40 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I've been lucky enough to capture some shots of UP 1616 a couple of times now, but this is the first time I've been able to get a shot of it when its nose is not coupled to something else! It is leading a passenger train that is supposedly going to sit here in the North Yard storage yard for a few days before departing. Departing where...unknown at the time of this picture! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112839 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, July 20, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 49 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific After running from Denver to Cheyenne with UP 4014 on the point, completing the 2025 steam excursion, the passenger equipment and UP 1616 (plus UP 4404 added) returned south down the Greeley Sub to Denver with UP 1616 leading! The exact purpose for the trip is not known, but the train is once again being kept in the storage yard. Note the "rent-a-cop" car from a company UP has hired to ensure nothing happens to the train (graffiti, etc). Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112838 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed La Salle to Greeley Weld County, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The last shot of the Big Boy steam excursion for 2025 would come here, at the bridge over the South Platte River between La Salle and Greeley in northern Colorado. The lighting was beautiful and the smoke from UP 4014 was pumping out nicely as the train continued on its journey north back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112836 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 51 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 crosses over Sand Creek at Sand Creek Junction, the train just coming off of the Inbound track to proceed north to Cheyenne. This is a very popular spot for shooting the steam train when it runs as, in the summer time, the three quarter lighting is about as perfect as it can get in the mornings. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112835 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed UP Jct to Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 50 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific In fantastic early morning light, UP 4014 and train pass through the Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City, the Denver skyline standing tall in the distance. Indeed, the train is drawing the attention of some Suncor employees. And the with the type of show UP puts on, who could blame them!? Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112833 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway to Stock Yards Denver, CO 53 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's only steam train excursion for 2025 backs up on the Belt Industrial Lead alongside Copeland Lake, a small retaining pond on the north side of the Belt Industrial lead, just east of I-25. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112832 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS005 (C&S Junction) Denver, CO 52 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific UP 4014 just crossed over from Main 2 to Main 1 at C&S Junction, and then crossed over Clear Creek, continuing to pull west so the train can clear the OS to get a light to back up east. The Big Boy was steaming really well here, and a bit of smoke was coming up, blocking out a bit of the sun, which in turn highlight the red in the exhaust. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112831 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Pecos X-Over to C&S Jct (MP 4.0 to MP 4.8) Denver, CO 46 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After spending all day yesterday in the storage yard at North Yard, it is now time for this Big Boy excursion to return back to Cheyenne! UP 4014 is putting on a fantastic show in the early morning as it heads west on the Moffat on the North Yard Siding. So yes...Big Boy has officially run on the Moffat Tunnel Sub! But it will only get as far as just west of C&S Junction so it can back down Bypass 2, across the Belt Line, to the Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112830 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 62 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A couple folks look on at UP 4014 as it sits on a track in the storage yard at the north end of North Yard. Back when intermodal ran over the Moffat, in the Rio Grande and Southern Pacific days, the track the passenger train is on here was used as an intermodal ramp. Intermodal loaders/unloaders were in the open dirt area, and truck came in to pickup or drop off trailers here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112829 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, July 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 60 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific The sun is just above the horizon, providing some fantastic morning light along the side of UP 4014, the train sitting in the storage yard at North Yard, preparing for a 6:30am departure to head back to Cheyenne. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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