Photo ID: 113729 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Plain (6,530 ft) Arvada, CO 131 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific About 30 minutes after sunrise, UP's MGJNY rolls east on the mainline at Plain. Nine units are on the head end of the 74-car train, though most of the units are simply being transported from Grand Junction. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113728 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bypass 2 Denver, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A North Yard switch job pulled out of North Yard and ran west to the Pecos Crossover. It then crossed over from Main 3 to Bypass 2 and started a reverse move. The switch job is now backing down Bypass 2, headed for the Belt Industrial Lead. There are numerous industries on the Belt Line that the yard job will switch out. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113727 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 168 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Nearly a week ago, on April 15, 2026 (Tax Day), Union Pacific eliminated the role of Yardmaster here at North Yard. The five Yardmasters on the payroll were offered transfers to other locations to enter train service (conductors, engineers, etc). There is now some sort of Yard Manager, different from an actual Yardmaster, in control of the yard. Reports from folks I know that work for Union Pacific are indicating that North Yard is a complete mess at the moment. Indeed, the yard does look must fuller than it has in quite awhile. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113726 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Three units have been set out on Yard Track 1 from a ballast train that is currently on Bypass 1. Among the light power is UP 1996, the Espee Heritage Unit. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113725 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1996 and two other units sit on Yard Track 1 in North Yard. The signal in the frame is for the mainline, out of frame to the right. This is CP DS002 (North Yard), which allows entrance into the north end of North Yard from the main. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113724 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 193 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Much to my surprise, UP 1996 has been hanging around Denver for over a week. The train has made a round trip between Denver and Cheyenne. The day before, UP 1996 was assigned to a work train that ran on the Moffat and laid ballast around Big Ten Curve. The ballast train returned to Denver, and UP 1996 (and two other units) were removed from the train, left here on Yard Track 1. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113706 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 92nd Lane Arvada, CO 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The City of Arvada has built a new road, 92nd Lane, connecting CO-93 and CO-72 through a new area southeast of the actual intersection of the highways. As you can see, the grade crossing itself of 92nd Lane has not yet been built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113705 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 133 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A lot of construction has happened southeast of the CO-93/CO-72 intersection. The Rocky Flats Industrial Lead passes right through the middle of construction. The construction done to date has dealt with a retaining pond and leveling of the ground. Two new roads have also been built through the area. 92nd Lane has not yet had a grade crossing built across the lead, as seen in this shot, just south of CO-72. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113704 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-93 Arvada, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific A week before this shot was taken, CO-93 was closed right here for three days so crews could rebuild the grade crossing. This is the Rocky Flat Industrial Lead just up the grade a bit from Rocky. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113703 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 155 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific As you can see, CO-72 is being widened here just east of the CO-93 intersection. The new asphalt has been laid on either siding of the grade crossing. But, as you can also see, the existing grade crossing (stop lights) are going to need to be widened in order to complete the widening. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113702 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 19, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CO-72 Arvada, CO 157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rocky Flats Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific The West Local has not run on the Rocky Spur in weeks (if not months) at this point. The old stop light that protects the grade crossing on Colorado Highway 72 is going to need to be widened as the highway is being widened to twice its previous width here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113700 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 152 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific One last shot of a westbound oil train pulling out of the siding at Leyden on a day that I referred to as "Potpourri Sunday", as it offered a little bit of everything over the course of the day. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113699 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS013 (West Leyden) Arvada, CO 134 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific After meeting the eastbound Canyon Spirit here at Leyden, it is this unit oil trains turn to move. The engineer is throttling up and pulling west out of the siding. The train would only make it as far as Rocky before having to take the siding again, this time for the eastbound Zephyr. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113697 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden to Rocky (MP 13.4 to MP 17.4) Arvada, CO 139 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Other than its departure time, the Canyon Spirit does not follow a super tight schedule when moving to its next destination. At times, the train will run a bit slower to offer riders the opportunity to take in the beauty of the passing landscape. As such, it is always hard to say if the train is early, on time, or late! Such is the case this afternoon. It is 4pm and the train is approaching the west switch of Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113696 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, April 12, 2026 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Leyden (7,020ft) Arvada, CO 159 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A westbound UP oil train departed North Yard shortly after 3pm, but only made it as far as Leyden when DS-378 aligned it into the siding to wait for the eastbound Canyon Spirit. No complaints from me! Leyden is a siding that seems to be very seldomly used these days. Dispatchers generally seem to prefer to use Rocky when given a choice between the two. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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