Photo ID: 110027 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Outbound Main Denver, CO 110 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars, led by a BNSF C44-9W, approaches the grade crossing at York Street at the north end of UP's 36th Street Yard. The tracks pass by a Purina pet food plant, kicking up some steam, on the way in. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110026 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W011 (South Hazeltine) Adams County, CO 118 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific At the south switch of Hazeltine, BNSF 4664 and baretable train cross 104th Avenue on the main train. The siding is currently "plugged" with a string of empty auto racks. New cars were brought in and unloaded at UP's auto facility in Denver, named Rolla. After unloading, the cars are placed on the siding so they can head north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110025 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Hazeltine (8,232ft) Adams County, CO 106 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A long string of empty well cars is led by a single BNSF C44-9W on the main at Hazeltine. The train is passing by a long string of empty auto racks that, later in the afternoon, will head north as the ARLLDR-07. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110024 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Platteville Weld County, CO 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A BNSF C44-9W has a long string of empty well cars south on the Greeley Sub. A storm front is starting to creep its way over the top of the Colorado Rockies. It is expected to dump around 4" of snow overnight leading in to tomorrow. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110023 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific Baretable trains...which are trains that have empty well cars used for hauling (intermodal) containers...are some of the lowest priority trains on any railroad. They do not generate any revenue as the railroad is just relocating the empty cars. A single power-shared BNSF C44-9W is the power on this southbound, getting ready to leave the siding at Platteville. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110022 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Platteville (8,299ft) Platteville, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) BNSF, Union Pacific A UP conductor from on the southbound baretable gives a roll by to the northbound North Yard, CO to Green River, WY. Many of the cars on the northbound manifest are likely headed for Salt Lake City, and once would have run over the Moffat on the MNYRO. But it is has been several years since the MNYRO ran. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110021 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W034 (South Platteville) Platteville, CO 136 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The conductor on a southbound baretable is on the ground to give a "roll by" to the northbound manifest that just knocked down the signal at the south end of Platteville. The southbound baretable is in fact a UP train, even though it is led by a BNSF C44-9W. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110020 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton (8,203ft) Brighton, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific The northbound MNYGR (North Yard, CO to Green River, WY) passes through the north end of Brighton at track speed. It's counterpart, the MGRNY, is on the siding, getting ready to depart and continue south to North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110019 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 7, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brighton (8,203ft) Brighton, CO 113 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A southbound UP manifest holds short of 168th Avenue in Brighton. The Green River, WY to North Yard, CO manifest is on the siding and waiting for its counterpart, the North Yard, CO to Green River, WY manifest to come out of Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109966 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 31, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A trio of C44s leads a northbound UP manifest off the Inbound track and across Sand Creek at Sand Creek Jct. The train is passing through Suncor's oil refinery in Commerce City and is about to cross the BNSF Brush Sub. The line was built in to Denver by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, reaching Denver in 1882. The line would become Burlington Northern's in 1971 after its creation (and absorption of the CB&Q), and finally BNSF in 1995. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109901 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Commerce City, CO 199 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific It is hard to believe, but it has been five years (almost to the day) since UP ran a regular freight over the Moffat between Denver and Salt Lake City. The final MRONY (Manifest, Roper, UT to North Yard, CO) ran on December 8, 2018. Any freight traffic running from Denver to Salt Lake on UP now travels on this train. The MNYGR (Manifest, North Yard, CO to Green River, WY). From there, cars are placed on a new train, the MGRRO (Manifest, Green River, WY to Roper, UT). The train is just getting underway out of Denver, passing through Commerce City and crossing Sand Creek by the Suncor refinery. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109900 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 10, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W005 (Sand Creek Junction) Denver, CO 140 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP's North Yard to Green River manifest is passing by the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, ready to start its journey north on the Greeley Sub. The train occasionally has work that needs to be done between Denver and Speer along the Greeley. But not today! It will be a straight shot for the crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109830 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, November 26, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP W004 (Beltline Connection) Denver, CO 122 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific A UP unit oil train rolls off UP's Belt Industrial Lead and heads south on the Greeley Sub toward 36th Street. In the foreground, the Purina pet food plant stands tall alongside I-70. Note the Suncor oil refinery off in the distance. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109617 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Sand Creek Commerce City, CO 192 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific Northeast of Denver is the city of Commerce City. It is appropriately named as there is a lot of commerce that that happens here. Just north of Sand Creek Junction, you can see many yard tracks and multiple businesses with customers in need of cars. A southbound UP manifest on the mainline cuts through the scene about 10 minutes prior to sunset. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109616 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 8, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rolla (MP 10.6) Commerce City, CO 158 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Greeley (UP) Union Pacific UP 4419 is currently serving as the Rolla switcher. Rolla is a yard just north of Denver that serves as UP's main auto facility for the Denver area. If you purchased a new car in the Denver area, there is a chance it arrived via Union Pacific and was shuffled through Rolla. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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