Photo ID: 109299 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 11, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Broadway Denver, CO 202 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Rocky Mountaineer The westbound Rocky Mountaineer is starting its overnight trip to Moab, UT. When first departing Denver, the Mountaineer has to pass through a rather industrial part of the Denver area as it crosses the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 107922 Date Shot Photo By Monday, November 25, 2019 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Bypass 2 Denver, CO 1237 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific Crossing over BNSF's Front Range Subdivision, UP 4014 is approaching an Advanced Approach signal at Pecos. The train will come off Bypass 2 at C&S Junction and back down the North Yard Siding and in to the track known as "Pig 2" at the nroth end of North Yard to tie down for the night. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106748 Date Shot Photo By Monday, December 4, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1218 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific This coal train was loaded at the West Elk Mine on the North Fork Branch. It ran over the Moffat at night, but had a new crew called in Denver for 7:15am. Here, the crew has the train rolling east at York Street on the Belt Industrial Lead. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106659 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1183 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak This is rather rare mileage for the California Zephyr. The train is on the four mile long Belt Industrial Lead that connects North Yard and the Moffat to the Greeley Sub. The Zephyr crosses over York Street on a bridge with "Rio Grande" fly letters still visible on it! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106658 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1157 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak The California Zephyr is passing by Xcel Energy's Cherokee Power Plant in northeast Denver. For decades, this power plant has been powered by coal. However, Xcel is nearly done converting it to run on natural gas. The two white stacks to the left are new, and part of the gas-burning portion of the plant. The stack to the right are older and part of the coal-burning portion of the plant. The Zephyr, incidentally, is here because it is detouring through Wyoming. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 106657 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, October 7, 2017 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed York Street Denver, CO 1147 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Amtrak The westbound Zephyr is currently headed east on the Belt Industrial Lead. With the Moffat closed, the Zephyr is detouring through Wyoming, and the Belt Line is the connection from the Moffat (at North Yard) to the UP Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105934 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1460 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific With it switching nearly completed, the MNYNP sits just past the signal at Broadway on the Belt Industrial Lead. The engineer will wait here for a van to bring the conductor up to the headend. Upon his arrival and a final air test, the train will head east on the Belt Industrial Lead and then turn north on UP's Greeley Sub. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105932 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1452 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Today's MNYNP will have an all-EMD consist, including a pair of Norfolk Southern units being borrowed by UP. The unit featured in this shot is an SD70M-2. Even though EMD released them at the start of 2005, I've seen fewer than a dozen in the last 11 years. Neither UP nor BNSF bought any, so they don't show up in Colorado too often. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105931 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, May 1, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS003 (Utah Junction) Denver, CO 1534 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP's MNYNP is shuffling some cars around in North Yard before it can head north toward Cheyenne. In order to have enough room to switch cars around over a few tracks, it actually enters the Belt Industrial Lead. My favorite type of engine since the GP60 will be leading the train - an SD70M with flared radiators. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105915 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1467 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande Two of three SLRG SD90s on the MNYNP can be see here as the train slowly passes through Broadway on the Belt Line. The lease on the units is up and they are now headed back to CIT Leasing. These beasts have been interesting to witness over the last 18 years. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105914 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1400 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande The SD90 seems akin to the DDA40X in some regards. Both were intended to be high horsepower units and neither was successful over the long term. UP had shed its roster of SD9043MACs. With the lease from CIT Leasing up, the San Luis and Rio Grande is also doing the same. Three SD9043MACs are on UP's MNYNP, headed for North Platte, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105913 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1417 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande One of a handful of SD9043MACs that the San Luis and Rio Grande had been leasing for the last few years is now being returned to the leaser. The particular unit has SLRG reporting marks, but is in an Iowa Pacific paint scheme. Iowa Pacific is the holding company for the SLRG. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105912 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1441 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande I hadn't seen this unit since December 2009 when it first showed up on the San Luis and Rio Grande. It was originally going to be used as power on the failed reboot of the Ski Train. You may recall that the SLRG already had tickets sold for a new version of the Ski Train. But the train never left the station due to a dispute with Amtrak. This (and another) SD9043MAC instead spent several years in normal service on the SLRG. With the lease now up, the unit is being returned to CIT Leasing. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105911 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1425 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) San Louis and Rio Grande For the past several years, the San Luis and Rio Grande has leased a couple of SD9043MACs from CIT Leasing. The lease on the units expired and, as a result, the SLRG is returning the units to the leaser. I had a suspicious, when taking these shots, that these would be the last SD90s I would see. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 105910 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed CP DS900 (Broadway) Denver, CO 1377 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Belt Industrial Lead (UP) Union Pacific UP recently changed the days and times certain manifests are called at North Yard. Now, the MNYRO (Manifest, North Yard to Roper, UT) is called at 14:00 (2pm) on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and the MNYNP (Manifest, North Yard to North Platte, NE) is called at 14:00 on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Here, the MNYNP passes through the OS at Broadway on the Belt Line, just outside North Yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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