Photo ID: 108113 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Donkey Creek Yard Gillette, WY 879 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This telephoto shot helps bring in to perspective just how many units BNSF currently has stored in Donkey Creek Yard. There are about 100 units on each of five different yard tracks. You can clearly see the vast numbers of Grinstein SD70MACs in storage here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108112 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Donkey Creek Yard Gillette, WY 853 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF There were quite a few C44-9Ws in storage in Donkey Creek Yard in Gillette, WY at the time of this photo. Those included a smattering of Warbonnets, or "Pink-bonnets", as some refer to the now-faded classic ATSF scheme. BNSF 649 is one such example, sitting at the head of a string of 100+ units stored on one of the yard tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108111 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Donkey Creek Yard Gillette, WY 947 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Got Power? With the decline in coal and downturn in the economy thanks to COVID-19, a lot of power is now in storage on Class 1 railroads. Case-in-point is Donkey Creek Yard. BNSF has roughly 500 units stored here. Mostly SD70MACs and C44-9Ws, but some others thrown in to the mix as well. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108110 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Gillette Energy Park Gillette, WY 841 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Burlington Northern If only this engine could talk! A throw back to older times, and a tribute to Burlington Northern. This GE U30C was built in January 1972 and spent many years as a work horse for BN. Unlike most old units that end up scrapped and turned in to tomorrows razor blades, this unit was spared the torch and is now on display for all to see in Gillette Energy Park. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108090 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Antelope Mine Converse County, WY 824 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF This is an aerial view of one of 11 coal loadouts found in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. This particular loadout is the Antelope loadout, the southern most loadout in the Powder River Basin. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108089 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 30, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Antelope Mine Converse County, WY 816 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF One of three trains starts to make its away around the balloon track, ready to proceed underneath the tipple at the Antelope Mine and load up. Two other empties will have to wait a bit longer for their turn to load. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108067 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 935 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Here is a real sign of the downturn in the economy thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic! North Yard has far more yard tracks open than it has filled right now. One of the tracks (the one that is mostly tank cars with some white covered hoppers at the end) is the end of a train. The MNYNP is about to depart for North Platte, NE and Bailey Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108066 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 976 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific A pair of SD40-2s, saddled with switching duties, come to a stop on the "third rail" in North Yard near the yard office. A GP48-2 and another SD40-2 sit on an engine track a few tracks over. The relative lack of cars in the parking lot at the yard office is an indication of the slim economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 108065 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, May 23, 2020 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 844 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific An aerial view of UP's North Yard in Denver. A pair of SD40-2s brings a string of cars toward the south end of the yard, ready to switch them. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107823 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 4, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 1498 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific Overnight, UP 1989 led a coal empty down the Greeley Sub. The train is headed for the Savage load out in Utah. Alas, the train needed an air brake inspection and therefore had to pull in to North Yard rather than stay on a bypass track. As a result, the train departed with UP 1989 trailing, rather than leading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107781 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, November 1, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1822 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Back in August, the Colorado Railroad Museum moved DRGW 5401 from storage at Coors Brewery to the museum property. When it was moved, it had been patched and held a UP number. The folks at the museum worked quickly and did a fantastic job restoring the number on the engineer's side of the cab, as well as the number boards! So great having 5401 at its forever home to be preserved for years to come. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107730 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Main - Douglasville Douglasville, GA 1393 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak During a business trip to Atlanta, I made my way west to Douglasville, GA and waited for Amtrak's Crescent. The train showed up right at sunset with a pair of P42s, four Amfleet cars, three Viewliners, and a baggage car. Norfolk Southern has a maintenance project going on in the area. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107729 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Main 2 - Austell Austell, GA 1234 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific I took a business trip to Atlanta for a few days and I had a few hours free on a Tuesday night. I found my way to Austell, GA and noticed a Medium Clear signal. Found a place to stop to wait for the westbound. About 20 minute later, I caught a headlight. That's when the irony hit. Not only was the move a simple light power move, it was a pair of UP ES44ACs! Hundreds of miles east of the closest UP tracks and I find two UP units. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107705 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 2095 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Once last shot of DRGW 5401 as it comes to the end of the panel track and Hulcher Service cranes lift the unit to move it over to museum rails. After this, the unit moved behind trees that obscured the view, so it was time to call it quits and head for home. A great day and a lot of fun to witness a very rare move. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107704 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado Railroad Museum Golden, CO 1814 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Rio Grande Once DRGW 5401 has been spotted at its new home in the Colorado Railroad Museum, the museum plans to remove the UP patches and restore the paint. In addition, the ditch lights will be removed and the gyralight will be reinstalled in the nose! Eventually, the unit will rest near the entrance to the museum, its lights lit up to welcome guests to the museum. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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