Photo ID: 112709 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 89 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak There was a time when the tracks at Union Station were all CTC controlled by a local dispatcher. Then, for years, the station tracks were all uncontrolled yard tracks, as the Zephyr was virtually the only train to use the station. Now, the tracks are once again under the control of CTC, and Denver's RTD (Regional Transportation District) owns and dispatches the tracks. A-Line and N-Line tracks are the two commuter line tracks to the left. B-Line and G-Line tracks are the two commuter line tracks to the right. "Heavy" trains, such as Amtrak, the Winter Park Express, and Rocky Mountaineer, use the center track to get to Track 4 and Track 5 at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112708 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 78 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak Union Station's Passenger Lead track passes beneath the intersection of Park Avenue and Delgany Street. With all the switches and derails verified to be properly aligned, the train is making a reverse movement beneath the intersection toward Denver Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112707 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 87 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak On a mostly overcast evening, the sun breaks through for a few minutes to light up a pair of GE units sitting near the BNSF Engine House while the eastbound Zephyr backs down the Passenger Lead to Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112706 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak While making a reverse move off of Coal 2, the Zephyr kicks up a bit of dust when the air compressor let go a bit of air. The train is headed for its evening station stop at Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112705 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed 31st Street Yard Denver, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak On the north side of the South Platte River, the front half of the Zephyr has re-entered CTC limits and is on a track called Coal 2. This track, and the next two to the right, are all in CTC, with Coal 1 being next to the Zephyr, and the main next to that. A BNSF switch job is preparing to pull forward even further to the right of the frame. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112704 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 92 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The evening Zephyr is crossover over a couple of tracks in order to make a reverse move on the Passenger Lead toward Union Station. The South Platte River separates BNSF's Denver Yard from its Engine Facility. Three tracks cross the river, and those three tracks tend to be very busy most of the time as switch job use the tracks for a lead, mainline trains running to or from the Joint Line come through, trains headed for Rennicks and the Moffat come through here, and engine moves come through. This stretch of track is all yard limits and there is no CTC here. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112703 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 77 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Amtrak The Zephyr is working on the somewhat arduous process of arriving at Denver Union Station. It is coming around the wye track from Prospect Jct, and will cross across several tracks and will ultimately enter Coal 2 in order to clear the Passenger Lead Switch in order to make a reverse move into Union Station. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112701 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 68 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF I thought BNSF 2697 was a bit of an interesting unit, sitting near the BNSF Engine House. The unit is clearly a former GP35, as you can see where the smaller center radiator fan once existed at the back of the long hood. It has since been rebuilt as a GP39-3. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112700 Date Shot Photo By Monday, June 30, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 80 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Norfolk Southern, BNSF A Norfolk Southern "catfish", now designated as an AC44C6M after going through a rebuild program, sits in the yard near BNSF's Engine House here in Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112684 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 29, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Rennicks Yard Denver, CO 95 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF Near Rennicks Yard, a BNSF GP60 and a GP39-2 sit attached to a handful of cars that need to be switched out at local industries. It's been awhile since I've seen a GP60, so I was very happy to come across this guy. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112599 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 73 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CLCX This oddly rebuilt GP10 has a smushed face, like one you might find on a pug! The unit was originally a GP10, but was rebuilt by Peoria Locomotive Works. The unit is owned by Chattahoochee Locomotive. I find it interesting the unit has five digits, something that is not particularly common in the United States. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112598 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 15, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 70 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots CLCX This interesting looking unit is a Peoria Locomotive Works unit, originally built as a GP10 for New York Central in April 1953. The unit is apparently owned by Chattahoochee Locomotive. I have no idea why it is in Denver, when it arrived, when it is leaving, or where it is heading. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112566 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed BNSF Engine House Denver, CO 66 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots BNSF A handful of units sit in the fuel tracks at BNSF's engine house, getting serviced and waiting for their next assignment. Toward the top of the frame, a yard job works on switching out one of the 43 yard tracks. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112542 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 79 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1820 is a snoot nosed SD40-2. Or rather, it was originally. UP has rebuilt it and it is now designated as an SD40N. This month, June 2025, the unit will celebrate its 51st birthday, with its entire life spent on Union Pacific's roster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112541 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, June 1, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North Yard Denver, CO 117 (2 Comments Posted) Subdivision Railroad Yard Shots Union Pacific UP 1212 is 41 years old, having been delivered to MKT in April 1984 as a GP39-2. UP rebuilt the unit and it is now designated as a GP39N. The two radiator fans are spaced a bit further apart that most GP39-2s. Probably an artifact of the rebuild. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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